It seems like the album took forever to make. Changes in line-up and finding new label boiled down to almost seven (yes!) years of silence, but Atlantis: The New Beginning is finally here. And it is good to hear Lost Soul is back, alive and kicking.
Atlantis: The New Beginning is reminiscent of, but also an improvement on the band's previous release. It is not as speed-focused, and has more breather moments scattered here and there (Red Giant), but the band sticks to its heavy guns.
A truly overwhelming cavalcade of sounds at first, Atlantis: The New Beginning takes a bunch of listens to digest and enjoy. Not an easy ride, but certainly worth the effort. It's a dense, rich, technical and very demanding piece of death metal which brims with detail.
Atlantis: The New Beginning is very fast and technical at times, yet in the bounds where it serves the songs rather than destroys them musically. The songwriting is very conscious and mature and there is tons of amazing riffage. Soloing is definitely on the shred side, but still melodic and quite biting.
