Combining this with the experimental and sometimes excentric music, you’ll get an idea of what direction this album will be heading. Opener "Beautiful" is a good example here. The album, thank God, shows a lot of variation. The next song is called "Sadness". It has Kristoffer on vocals and reminds me of Pink Floyd or the solo material of David Gilmour. I really like the heavy riffs in "Jewel", which is a cover of Marcella Detroit. This song was very well chosen in addition to their own penned material. After that, we’re invited to "Candyland". This is a kind of vaudeville song, that could very well have been on one of the first Queen albums. Queen sometimes added stuff to their albums that was completely different from the remainder of the songs. These songs however still captured that reliable Queen sound, but only in a different way. This song also sounds completely different, yet it still fits very well to the sound of Liselotte’s voice."Green Knees" captures the voice of Kristoffer again. I hear thick bass lines and the sound of mandolines slowly introduce us to a beautiful climax, where the Floyd could have been proud of. "Hello" is a piece of rest halfway through the album, which contains eleven tracks and plays for about fifty minutes. "Points Of View" starts off just like another song, but slowly develops into something you might not expect at all. But that’s what most of the songs on this album are about. I would like to call them little cameleons. They have the urge to change into something you may not expect. "Wish It Away" is another piece of art, in which the band called in the help of Mr Psychotik Waltz himself, Devon Graves. Devon plays additional guitar on this song and he also does the lead vocals. An outstanding track! With "Wounded", we have come to another song, that contains the unmistably Hegt signature. It sounds mystical, dark and with the distorted vocals perhaps even creepy at times. "Nature’s Cruelty" (Mo’s Song) is a lullaby. The CD closes with "Childhood Dreams", another great track which slowly builds itself to a wonderful climax with some great Floydian guitarwork. This last song is really brilliant and by far the highlight on this great piece of art. Be careful, don’t judge this album by only listening to it once. It really has to grow on you and then you’ll find a lot of undiscovered beautiness just below the upper skin.

Highlights for me are "Jewel" and "Childhood Dreams". So I would highly recommend "Synchronized" from Dial, to enjoy this very fine piece of art.

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Rating: 9 / 10

Contributed By: Toine van  Poorten / Metal Maidens