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But returning to the "actually" at the beginning, "actually" their so-called "Prog-Metal" as advertised in the info sheet should absolutely captivate me.... "actually"...
Because the musical style of DEADLY CIRCUS FIRE is only occasionally "Prog-Metal". For me, DEADLY CIRCUS FIRE plays across the metal spectrum with deviations into ballad-synth-pop. The album starts with a song ("In Darkness We Trust") reminiscent of Martin L. Gore. After that, I hear a wide (alternative nu-prog rock) metal range in the other 11 songs. From MUSE and 30 SECONDS TO MARS to TOOL and DEFTONES, all the way to METALLICA and SLIPKNOT.
Don't get me wrong, these are all great bands and I love their music. But they play their style, and with DEADLY CIRCUS FIRE, I feel like they haven't found their musical style yet and are therefore experimenting a lot. It goes so far that one song starts off sounding like MUSE, only to switch in the middle to a SLIPKNOT style. The songs are long enough, mostly 6-7 minutes, for that.
The fact is, anyone who loves progressive metal and likes to look beyond the horizon will surely enjoy DEADLY CIRCUS FIRE. All others will probably have only a few happy moments during the over 60-minute playtime of "The Hydra´s Tailor".
