A polished remix of a album that marks a good start...
John. N | Big Run, PA USA | 03/07/2005
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Most North American metal fans first experenced that which was Pagan's Mind back in 2003 with their sophomore debut Celestial Entrance. After the release of that excelent album, many fans were interested in purchasing the band's debut album, Infinity Divine, which was originally released on a smaller independent label. Unfortunately it was poorly distrubuted (but you can still find it here at Amazon, as it's other version of this album that is available).
Due to the demand for a re-release of this album, the band's current record label, Limb Music went ahead and released it, but not before the band insisted on re-recording all the vocals and remastered and editied the original recordings. What we end up with is a powered-up version of the band's debut that shows a promising beginning.
Unfortunately, if you are expecting either version of Infinity Divine to be on par with Celestial Entrance upon purchasing or listening, you may be dissapointed. While the songs on Infinity are good (my personal favorites being Caught in a Dream, Twilight Arise, Angels' Serenity, King's Quest, and both versions of Embracing Fear), they simply cannot compare to the bands work on Celestial Entrance, both musically and lyricly (the lone exception being the re-recorded bonus version of Embracing Fear). This isn't a horrible thing, just don't get you hopes up to high (leave that for their new 2005 album Engmatic: Calling to be released in early April). This and the original version of this album is most likely to only end up in collections of those who consider themselves metal or Pagan's Mind afficiandos.
As I've stated already, the most important aspect of Infinity Divine is that it marks a good start for thre band, a band I and many hope to hear lots of good music from in the years to come. This re-release and remake only enforces this fact and makes this chapter in Pagan's Mind history only that much more enjoyable.
Strangely enough, this copy of Infinty Divine includes two bonus tracks, but gives up the track "Moonlight Pact" found on the original version of the album. While this is quite odd, it's not really a problem as it isn't one of the original version's stronger songs. This will only come to annoy those who must have everything that is Pagan's Mind."
Their best!
Philip Hauser | pittsburgh, pa | 02/02/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"this is the one to get! its now even better with the King Diamond cover!"
Track Listings (12) - Disc #1