Chaos Over Cosmos is a Polish/International Sci-fi Progressive Metal solo/guest vocals project. On November May 9th, 2022, Chaos Over Cosmos independently released their third studio album, A Dream If Ever There Was One, which includes six inhuman, technical and modern prog metal songs.
Introduction:
Chaos Over Cosmos, A Dream If Ever There Was One: This review will evaluate every aspect of the album, from its intricate musical composition to its production. Our analysis will provide valuable insights to help you determine if this album is worth adding to your collection.
The First Three Sins of A Dream If Ever There Was One
Let’s start by discussing the first three sins of Chaos Over Cosmos and their album A Dream If Ever There Was One.
The First Sin, The Strings/Keys: Guitar virtuoso blends fast and virtuosic string shredding, further amplified with dynamic tech-death riffage and rigid djent rhythms. An additional space-ambient synthesiser adds depth to the music, creating a mesmerising soundscape. The Second Sin, The Vocals: Involves dry melodeath growls, screams, and softly singing. The Third Sin—The Percussions: A drum program is used for the drum section, which provides the music with fast tempos of frenzied patterns, fills, and beats.
The Fourth Sin: Overall Discussion: An unhuman technical and modern progressive metal
As soon as the listener presses the play button, the opening piece, Continuum, greets the listener with an auto-female counting before the guitar unleashes a surge of shredding.
As you embark on your musical journey, you will encounter the second piece, Fire-Eater, and the remaining four pieces, each contributing to an immersive, unhuman technical and modern prog metal experience that lasts forty minutes. Each song, except for the opening and closing pieces, lasts seven to over ten minutes, making it an engaging experience for the listener.
While writing this review, I am no stranger to this one-person project and their music. This must be the most extreme release from Rafał so far. Formed by sole member Rafał Bowman, it features guest vocalists from around the globe who add an extra kick to the music.
With the album and music, the production for the release is solid, but I feel like the studio album sound has this rough edge towards the sound quality, making it (somewhat) raw and distorted, but this could be me. The devilmanship of the instrumentation and music composition is top-notch and well-executed.
The release’s vocal work featured the late KC Lyon, except for the third piece, Navigating By Moonlight, where KC Lyon’s brother Keaton provides the vocals. Both vocals involved dry melodeath growls, screams, and soft singing, which brought the songs alive.
A Dream If There Was One is an excellent addition to any music lover’s collection if you love loads of shredding in your music.
The album comes to an end with the last song, Melatonin, which closes with an epic symphonic and outer space outro piece.
We want to give a shoutout to Chaos Over Cosmos for letting us review their album, A Dream If Ever There Was One. Now, we’re going to wrap it up by talking about the final three sins and concluding the review.
You’re Listening to “A Dream If Ever There Was One”
PlayThe last Three Sins
Let’s discuss the last three sins, our thoughts on Chaos Over Cosmos and their album A Dream If Ever There Was One.
The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia: Is that for us, A Dream If Ever There Was One, featured incredible fruit-of-art vocals full of raw emotion that conveyed the depth of the lyrics and music. The guitar work was equally impressive, with dynamic tech-death riffage and intricate fingerpicking.
The Sixth Sin, The Artwork:
Compared to the Unknown Voyage (artwork) release, it speaks too much about A.I. for me.
The Seventh Sin, Disrelish:
With two disrelish found within the musical world of Chaos Over Cosmos, we discovered that A Dream If Ever There Was One focuses on a bit too much shredding for us; it came as more of a backdrop or background noise, and the second disrelish was the artwork.
This concludes the Chaos Over Cosmos, A Dream If Ever There Was One review.
Track-Listing:
- Continuum
- Fire-eater
- Navigating by Moonlight
- A Mantra of Oppression
- Ebb and Flow(ers)
- Melatonin
Chaos Over Cosmos is:
- Rafał Bowman – guitars, bass, keyboards & programming
- KC Lyon – vocals (R.I.P. 2023)
- Keaton Lyon – guest vocals
