ANTIMATTER


Saviour
9 tracks - playing time: 44:31 min.
Icon Records
Rating: 8.5/10
 
The new project of ex-Anathema bassist / songwriter Duncan Patterson is announced on a sticker on this CD. The music is a bit different though. Antimatter has still got the emotional melancholic mood, but adds a more ambient feel to it. It`s like a dark, less dance orientated version of Delerium (a product sprung from the mind of Bill Leeb and, before the last CD, of Rhys Fulber as well - both known from Frontline Assembly). This album got a doom and gloomy atmosphere to it. Beautiful, mostly female voices, some drum `n bass influences and emotional laid back guitar. This record could bridge the gap between gothic and rock. Float away on songs like "Over Your Shoulder" and "Psalms" (a bit in the vain of Hooverphonic) and realize that `floating away` is exactly what this album is about.

Antimatter breathes a relaxed state of mind and some religious background as well. Absolute highlight is "God Is Coming". It starts as a ballad but ends in some great dark - difficult to follow - drum `n bass part. For Anathema fans however "Going Nowhere", the last song of this record, would be the greatest stunner, because the band refers in this song to the past of that band. "Going Nowhere" also marks the end of a trip into a dream world of beautiful moody moments.

(Ron)

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