(Progressive metal / Progressive Rock) Crises - Coral Dreams - 2009, FLAC (image+.cue+scans), lossless

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Crises / Coral Dreams

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REM GENRE "Progressive Metal"
REM DATE 2009
REM DISCID A00BE20C
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.95b4"
PERFORMER "Crises"
TITLE "Coral Dreams"
FILE "Crises - Coral Dreams.flac" WAVE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "Joan"
PERFORMER "Crises"
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INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Faker"
PERFORMER "Crises"
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INDEX 01 04:15:22
TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE "The Chase"
PERFORMER "Crises"
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INDEX 01 07:32:12
TRACK 04 AUDIO
TITLE "Stormy Weather"
PERFORMER "Crises"
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INDEX 01 12:24:32
TRACK 05 AUDIO
TITLE "Horizon"
PERFORMER "Crises"
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INDEX 01 15:45:40
TRACK 06 AUDIO
TITLE "Coral Dreams"
PERFORMER "Crises"
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INDEX 01 19:28:59
TRACK 07 AUDIO
TITLE "Hopeless"
PERFORMER "Crises"
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INDEX 01 23:15:58
TRACK 08 AUDIO
TITLE "Indifference"
PERFORMER "Crises"
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INDEX 01 27:19:37
TRACK 09 AUDIO
TITLE "All Against Me"
PERFORMER "Crises"
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INDEX 01 31:29:74
TRACK 10 AUDIO
TITLE "Fighting With Myself"
PERFORMER "Crises"
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INDEX 01 35:13:41
TRACK 11 AUDIO
TITLE "When You Were Mine"
PERFORMER "Crises"
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INDEX 01 39:49:64
TRACK 12 AUDIO
TITLE "The Blame"
PERFORMER "Crises"
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INDEX 01 43:29:30

German metal band Crises - Dominik Eckert on vocals, Ondrej Hurbanic on guitar, Pavel Hurcik on bass, and Thomas Abts on drums - has been around since the mid 1990's and up to now has released a couple of full length albums plus a pair of EPs.
I sadly haven't heard any of their previous work, but Coral Dreams sees the band heading down various avenues in the rock and metal landscape. There's Dream Theater-esque prog, Brainstorm-style power metal (with vocals achingly similar to Andy B. Franck), alt-metal of the style Avenged Sevenfold pedal and more. This is an album that keeps you guessing from start to finish.
The performances are first class; there really is no doubt that these guys can play (and sing). Ultimately, however, the songs in the most part aren't strong enough. A lot of the album is good, some of it is great, but not much of it is exceptional.
'Joan' is a fine effort. The prog-infused 'The Chase' is technically impressive. The soft 'When You Were Gone' offers a different angle to view the band and it works well. Final track 'The Blame' has some monster riffs which it would have been nice to hear more of. The remaining songs are, as said, all okay but they tend to float past rather than stop and shake you.
Coral Dreams is an easy album to like, but it just doesn't tick enough boxes for me. It's worth having a listen to this band on their MySpace site as Crises may well float your own boat, even if they only vaguely float mine.
Check out... The occasional phat riffs in the final track.