THIRDMOON – Dimorphic Cynosure
 
Label: Maintain Records
Release: November 23, 2007
By: Stormlord
Rating: 10/10
Time: 62:01
Style: Dark Metal
URL: Thirdmoon
 

Dear Mr. Rothbauer, appreciated musicians of THIRD MOON!

I want to comment on your new work, that is cryptic entitled Dimorphic Cynosure (two faced attraction point), with more than only one word. It is almost frightening after the first-class album of In Slumber, with which sheer immensely seeming creativity a hammer disk is released after the other on the music world!
For the sake of my psychic and also physical health (I just call out the word neck turbulence sling trauma…), I must ask you therefore unfortunately to avoid composing further compositions of this grade.
This enormous aggregation of beautiful melodies, no matter whether played by acoustic guitar or E-guitar, the extravagant contact with ear worm-refrains or the lasting mood changes place my nerves again on a hard sample. This happens however extremely positively, I am especially overwhelmed by your meticulous way to contribute a huge portion of variation to the songs. Thereby I would like to mention the masterly use of the acoustics through your strings’ wizard Dominik. He sticks a quantity of heart blood into his play and delivers some true fireworks of powerful and filigree melodies together with his partner Matias. The rhythm group produces a felicitous groove, on which manifold acoustic pearls can develop in entire splendor. Also you, honored Mr. Rothbauer, increased yourself with regard to song presentation and you manage to use your voice volumes even more variable than on master works such as Aquis Submersus or Bloodforsaken. I comfortably was surprised how well you control the clear voice situation, but I am however just as happy that you do not exaggerate this style means and preserve such certain exclusivity in the use. I do not have an easy work to emphasize single pieces separately, because you as artists produce a couple of direct hits that are all together based on a high quality level, but let me write some describing words concerning some outstanding tunes: Character of Scars (probably one of your favorite words, eh?) cracks the head bangers’ skepticism with its first chords and lets raise alternatively the fists towards the sky or rotate the neck. Yet before the song is old a minute, you intersperse already the first fantastic melody, to loose thunder a while later, continuing this interplay of partly two harmonious geese skin attacks, reminding one even of Iron Maiden! This track gets crowned by emotional vocals, also the acoustic guitar flashes shortly through the dense song scaffolding. Cross The Rubicon sounds like its title attached to history and rages in somewhat faster and more complicated in rhythm, but does not forget about hidden guitar refinement and rhythms that are made to bang one’s head!
You possess the special gift to write exciting songs that include interesting turns - all that over an entire hour of playing time! Therefore I want you to ignore my ironic request at the start of this communication -concerning the exquisite and frightening quality of your musical creations. Take no consideration at all on any possible impairments of my mind or the physical constitution and compose merely further in this goodness. One simple question should however be allowed at the end: where to should this way lead to?
I am looking forward, after the multiple enjoyment of Dimorphic Cynosure, to hold the digipack-version with altogether 19 (!) pieces in hands – and naturally to a soon concert with neck turbulence sling trauma!

Sincerely, connected with my deepest congratulation I will come to an end now, left in full contentment and offering maximum rating!