Surreal (album)

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Surreal

Studio album by Xystus

Released

2007-05-18

Recorded

Recorded (partly) at Trinity studio 2006

Genre

Power metal
Symphonic metal
progressive metal

Length

51.47

Label

The Electric Company (TEC)

Producer

Ivo Severijns, Ivo van Dijk

Xystus chronology

Receiving Tomorrow
(2004)

Surreal
(2007)

Equilibrio (announced)
(2008)

Surreal is a full-length album released in 2007 by the metal band Xystus.

Three years after the release of the successful debut album “Receiving Tomorrow” (2004) Xystus is back with a full length album featuring 12 brand new songs and over 50 minutes of Progressive Symphonic Metal. With a more mature sound, the new album takes the listener on dramatic rollercoaster ride. With high speed songs like "Voltage" and "R.O.C.", combining almost trashy elements with symphonic and progressive touches the album will satisfy prog-metal fans around the world. Mid tempo poppy/electronic songs like "My Chrysalis" (the first single) and "End of the line", with their strong melodies and compact song structures will appeal to a greater public. And finally the album features a 6 part, 20 minutes epic which can compete with great rock opera’s of the past, while introducing progressive, and even techno elements to the genre. All in all the album combines a variety of musical styles and influences while still letting it sound like an “Xystus” album. All these elements are combined and completed with the voice Bas Dolmans whose vocal performance reaches from heavy power metal to subtle pop like melodies, seamlessly integrating the vocal lines with the ever changing atmosphere of the music. To make sure these songs got the production they deserve Xystus found a great production team with producer Ivo Severijns (Wild Romance, Powerplay) and mixer Oscar Holleman (Within Temptation, After Forever, Krezip and many others). With this all combined you know you can expect nothing less than something surreal...