BEYOND TWILIGHT
FOR THE LOVE OF ART AND THE MAKING (CD)
2006 chez Massacre Records / Replica Records


1. In the Eyes of My Soul (First Movement) 0.47
2. Creep Evil 0.59
3. Sleeping Beauty – the Journey 1.29
4. Purity 1.48
5. Sleeping Beauty – Connected 1.28
6. Tongue Angel 1.22
7. I Moved 1.27
8. Blackened in My Eyes 2.14
9. Temptations 0.19
10. Fiery Woman 0.38
11. Sweet Irony 0.22
12. Conversation of the Dead 0.16
13. The Perfect Heart 0.58
14. The Perfect Heart Pt. II – Think 0.37
15. The Key – Imagine 0.09
16. The Perfect Heart Pt. III (Modulated Instrumental) 0.27
17. The Black Widow 0.28
18. The Key Pt. II – Naked Truth 0.09
19. The Kiss of the Wind 0.18
20. Dark Wild Rage 2.41
21. Temptations Pt. II – Return (Modulated) 0.12
22. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1.18
23. Cold as Blue 0.33
24. The Awakening 0.21
25. Cold as Blue – Like a Candle You Start to Drip 0.24
26. Bilingues Cavendi. One Should Beware of the Double-Tongued 0.09
27. The Awakening Pt. II – the Smile 0.19
28. The Awakening Pt. III – Opening the Curtains to a Beautiful Sunny Morning Watching the Singing Birds 0.21
29. In the Eyes of My Soul (First Movement Modulated with Irony) 0.20
30. Past the Magic 1.13
31. Past the Magic Pt. II (Rhythmic Laughter) 1.12
32. Nightwandering on Needles 0.21
33. In the Eyes of My Soul (Second Movement Modulated with Irony) 0.18
34. In the Eyes of My Soul (Second Movement) 1.04
35. 6 Seconds Past 6 1.20
36. Organ Scientistic Formula (1) 3.00
37. Nightwandering in Needles Pt. II – the Answer 0.24
38. 6 Black Roses - Ship of Rowing Slaves 1.06
39. Autumn Fog Message 1.34
40. Sleeping Beauty Returns - the Black Box of Reverse (Forward) 0.22
41. The Black Box of Reverse 1.10
42. In the Eyes of My Soul (Third Movement) 0.32
43. In the Eyes of My Soul – for the Love of Art and the Making (Finale) 1.21

Total playing time 37.52


sylvia : 20/20
Beyond Twilight has broken all boundaries in progressive metal with their third album release For the Love of Art and the Making. Let me start out by saying this album is absolutely a unique masterpiece but it is so much more than that. The album is shocking. Genious composer Finn Zierler is revealing a shining musical pearl. The first album The Devil's Hall of Fame was a masterpiece and very promising album for the future. Waiting 4 years to the next release Section X was well worth it the album is to me one of the best progressive albums ever. I did not in imagine how this album could ever be topped. But the new album has surpassed it. Surprising is one of the brands of Beyond Twilight and surprise they did with releasing a new album only a year after Section X. Falling in to the magic of this album takes you on a long journey of musical brilliancy. It is the purest art. Full of changing emotions, arrangements and structures. What composer and keyboardplayer no 1. in metal Finn Zierler in my opinion has created here is stunning. Very complicated music, but with outstanding songwriting, many surprising pieces and turns and great technical elements and performances from all of the band on the entire album. Really great musicianship. The compositions are huge and original. The lyrical concept is haunting, refreshing and very clever. It is one long track but devided into sections. The album contains 43 sections which you can shuffle on your cdplayer - another originality. But to me the album works the best by listening to it from the start to the end. This album is none comparable to any other in the progressive genre. There are big epic passages, heavy moments, grinding guitars, fast solos, slow and beautiful leads, compositions of classical instruments. There are pieces with atmospheric almost insane keyboards. Slow passages, fast passages, wailing vocals, big choirs, theatrical parts, laughing parts, operatic parts, symphonic parts, breaks in many different refreshing ways, all the pieces with a purpose and a meaning. The pianoplaying is a chapter on its own it is simply mindblowing. The album is addictive, it is full of surprises, it is amazing. The production powerful, it is hammering and in your face.

Finally I have to say that this album is for me the absolute candidate for the best album in 2006. I recommend it to anyone with a taste for art and music.

2006-05-05