The Art of Navigating by the Stars
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The Art of Navigating by the Stars is the sixth studio album
by the progressive metal
band Sieges Even
. It is the first album to feature the vocalist Arno Menses.
's A Pleasant Shade of Gray
in that "it is a long-form composition divided into eight movements, plus a short intro track. These movements, or sequences as they are named in the booklet, are all parts of a huge 63-minute song, linked through various key themes and motifs."
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by the progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
band Sieges Even
Sieges Even
Sieges Even was a progressive metal band from Munich, Germany. The band was originally formed under the name Sodom in the early 80s and released their first demo in 1983 before becoming Sieges Even in 1985. In the summer of 2008 the band decided to split due to internal differences...
. It is the first album to feature the vocalist Arno Menses.
Reception
The album was described by Sea of Tranquility webzine as being "one of the most anticipated comeback albums of the year" and stylistically compared to Fates WarningFates Warning
Fates Warning is an American progressive metal band, formed in 1982 by vocalist John Arch, guitarists Jim Matheos and Victor Arduini, bassist Joe DiBiase, and drummer Steve Zimmerman in Hartford, Connecticut. Fates Warning has experienced numerous line-up changes...
's A Pleasant Shade of Gray
A Pleasant Shade of Gray
A Pleasant Shade of Gray is a concept album by the progressive metal group Fates Warning, released in 1997 . It contains one song divided into twelve chapters. After the last track, there is a brief period of silence followed by 20 seconds of an alarm clock ringing.A Pleasant Shade of Gray features...
in that "it is a long-form composition divided into eight movements, plus a short intro track. These movements, or sequences as they are named in the booklet, are all parts of a huge 63-minute song, linked through various key themes and motifs."
Track listing
- "Navigating by the Stars" − 0:29
- "The Weight" − 10:14
- "The Lonely Views of Condors" − 6:14
- "Unbreakable" − 9:00
- "Stigmata" − 8:22
- "Blue Wide Open" − 5:13
- "To the Ones Who Have Failed" − 7:26
- "Lighthouse" − 7:42
- "Styx" − 8:55