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Seventh Crystal: Entity
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Seventh Crystal: Entity

Melodic (Modern) Metal Rock
4.0/5.0

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Frontiers Music
Words: Craig Hartranft
Added: 08.11.2024 | Released: 08.11.2024

Seventh Crystal, formed and led by vocalist and songwriter Kristian Fyhr (Perpetual Etude, Ginevra), returns with their third long player, Entity. Including two previous albums and one EP, that's four recordings in a mere four years. According to the band, Entity, finds them exploring and expanding different genres. Also, there's a concept to the album. Seventh Crystal explains:

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"We live in an age of social media, AI, filter bubbles and sensational headlines by unknown writers. Disinformation controls the masses and creates multiple truths where the reality remains unknown. The development of technology is largely about solving problems and fulfilling human needs. But can it also lead to the opposite and become its own master with humans as its subjects? A kind of being, an Entity."


Speaking to the new album, we return, first, to past albums wherein we found Seventh Crystal treading the waters of melodic hard rock with AOR accessibility. With Entity, quintet seems to have taken a heavier, more melodic, metal turn, perhaps even a venture into a "modern" a sound. Excepting the short Interlude, I found the first seven songs to be heavy with raging riffs and harsher vocals from Fyhr. Honestly, I found myself turning down the volume, and then wishing for change.

Siren Song suggested that with its unexpected softer start, but then the riffs and vocals became harsh again. A near silent segue would follow, only to return to the same. Versus and Mayflower follow and the modern rock motif continues, yet perhaps with more progressive metal nuance. Push Comes To Shove and A Place Called Home have that subtle start, but the raging riffs and assertive vocals returns. Finally, Entity ends with Song Of The Brave, an attempt at an anthem which builds into heavy riffs and rhythms.

I totally understand experimentation and creativity from a band as they explore new musical ideas in song craftsmanship. Yet, this turn didn't quite take for me. Readers should listen to the three videos, and make their own determination of Seventh Crystal's new direction.

All in all with Entity we find Seventh Crystal turning from it's past melodic hard rock with AOR sensibility to more melodic metal rock in a modern rock motif with more heaviness and assertive vocals. It's a different listen.



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The Take Away

With Entity we find Seventh Crystal turning from it's past melodic hard rock with AOR sensibility to more melodic metal rock in a modern rock motif with more heaviness and assertive vocals. It's a different listen.

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