After their last two albums – especially after the magnificent album Eternium – questions naturally arise: Will they surpass themselves? Will they be able to keep the so far good quality of their songs? Or will they step back?

Well, Mimic47 is different. I would not call it regress, but perhaps a slight swerve? The new album of DIABLO is less melodic (with exceptions, such as D.O.A.), sounds more straight forward and the emphasis has shifted from melody to rhythm-patterns. Memories of Machine Head arise, yet Mimic47 still sounds perfectly like DIABLO. They have created and established their very own sound from the very beginning and still keep it, which is a great plus. Also the voice is definitely that of Mister Nygård, just as it always has been.
Shadow World introduces us to the album and shows what the following 47 minutes hold for us: rhythm oriented, direct, with a strong voice.
On the next piece, Damien, a lady contributes some vocals which remain a matter of taste if you like it or not. I for my part register this random detail as "minor flaw". The song does not get better or worse by this.
Together As Lost and Mimic47 are typical DIABLO songs with the album's specialty to be rather rhythm oriented.
In Sorrow We Trust reveals some of the Finnish moody soul, as well as D.O.A., which is extremely catchy and which also bears headbang quality!
As on Eternium, we also find an instrumental on Mimic47: Kalla. This one however does not reach Eternium's Omerta, which is more a prelude to Shape Shifters (together they are simply grand). But Kalla does its job - we have a break here and naturally expect resumption.
Which we get, yet not so much in form of a tempo increase: Blackheart is a song that plays with dissonances, especially in the (sort of) refrain. It is quite stunning and interesting that just one small part of a whole unit gives the entire song such a dejected and depressed timbre. Kathryn is not a fast song either, yet it bears quite some interesting patterns within and does not sound exactly "easy". Rebellion Of One is a bit faster.

What else? A cover version of a Duran Duran song (A View To Kill) at the end of the album. Well... I'm not fond of covers because in most cases (certainly there are exceptions) they cannot live up to the original. (Often the originals cannot even live up to any expectation, if you know what I mean .... ;-> )

The booklet shows some insects, from various perspectives, and there is a dedication written in Finnish too. Apparently, it reminds of some very personal occurrences.

Compared to Eternium, the new album Mimic47 appears rougher, and it takes some time to appreciate the unpolished edges. But after some spins, you would not want to miss it anymore. Rather the opposite - you'd say "Thanks for not being too repetitive!" – Thumps up!