Stygian Crypt Productions, 2007

Anachronaeon, a band with quite difficult and highly original name, is a two-piece unit from Swedish town of Västerås. As the Last Human Spot in me Dies is their first official release for Russian-based Stygian Crypt Productions. This cd, which consists of 9 tracks, is actually more or less a pimped up version of band’s demo from 2004.

So what can I say about this release? Firstly, I can say that I was surprised when I heard the first tunes on the disc, because last thing I expected from these Swedes was progressive metal. Secondly because of the fact that usually the production part on majority of Swedish bands is much better than what is presented here. It is rather flat and thin and it is a huge shame in my opinion, because it is obvious that these two guys can play.

There’re a lot of these dark and melancholic melodies in their music, with a few brutal sections here and there and also calmer mid-tempo parts. So when you summer things up a bit; you have everything here that you can possibly expect from a prog metal band, but on the other side because of the reasons mentioned above, the score is not higher than what you see above.

It can be highly recommended esp. for the fans of Nevermore, Amorphis, Sentenced and such similar acts. For more info go to www.anachronaeon.com or simply write to SCP’s at -email-