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Evolution

Jose Francisco Alfaya Touce | Spain | 04/29/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Well, this will be a short review; first of all, this is a very good album: excellent artwork, production and atmosphere. However this stuff is very different compared to their previous works. If you're waiting for a Medieval feeling, you're not going to find it here. Think about Dead Can Dance or Rajna, with their 'indian' touch and their ethnic and haunting sounds. Not original at all, but quite interesting.



The best: perfect for an astral journey.

The worst: very homogeneous."

Ever heard of Dead Can Dance?

Scott Janssen | Monterey, CA USA | 05/01/2007

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I'm a huge fan of Arcana and I own all of their recordings. I was very excited that they'd come out with a new CD. This CD is nothing like any of their previous music. Gone are the kettle drums, church bells, and Gregorian chant-like vocals. This new CD sounds extremely similar to Dead Can Dance. Although I am a Dead Can Dance fan and own all of their recordings as well, I've grown rather bored with their sound and was disappointed to see Arcana emulating a style that's been around for over two decades and is on it's way out, in my humble opinion.



Still, if you've never heard Dead Can Dance before and aren't burned out on the whole middle-eastern, belly dance, street bazaar, ambient thing, then this may be just the CD for you. In typical Arcana style, it is well produced and is filled with great musical imagery."