THE RETICIENT “Le Temps De Detruit Tout”

THE RETICIENT
“Le Temps De Detruit Tout”
(Heaven & Hell Records)
Every once in a while you get an album that you don’t know what to think of. The Reticient’s new album sounds very much like a continuation of Opeth’s acoustic album, or any acoustic part of any Opeth album. This is a hard album to comment on as it reminds me so much of Opeth that it over-shadows everything else. How do you judge it on that merit? Should you trash it because you can’t shake the feeling that you heard it all before or should you praise it because it reminds you of something else? Luckily the album take on an identity all its own the more you listen to it. If you like your metal in the vein of Opeth and don’t mind being confused for a short moment then this album will be for you. It took me a while to get accustomed to it but once I had done so I could start to enjoy it for what it is; an emotional journey. Anders Ekdahl