Visionoir
The Waving Flame of Oblivion

Four poets are heard on this album, Alessandro Sicur who is the man behind the Visionoir name has cleverly incorporated archive recording of these voices into his songs. That is an interesting grip and a clever thing to add depth to this album. The album that is the first for Visionoir even thought the story begun during the last years of the previous millennium. A demo was recorded then but Sicur was part of forming a progressive rock band at that time so Visionoir was put somewhat on hold even though he continued to write songs and I guess we are finally seeing the result now. And it is and avant-garde progressive rock album that has been put together by the self-taught Italian musician, and I think it is rather interesting.

On the subject of music it is easy to get lost in details and stuff but I think this album could be described as cosmic progressive rock – it has a futuristic feel to it. Mostly instrumental but in some of the tracks there are some reading of poetry added, which I think creates some depths to these songs and it also creates a rather special atmosphere. The atmosphere is probably the strongest element of the album as well, but it is also varied enough to keep you listening for the entire 51 minute duration. It is a rather interesting album from a creative standpoint even though it is built mostly on tried and tested elements – I think it should go down well with those who like the avant-garde stuff.

Ultimately it is a pretty strong album, the tracks are good, atmospheres are excellent and it is varied enough to keep anyone listen for the duration. I especially find the poetic additions to be good but the feel of it overall is really good and perhaps Sicur can be seen as more creatively astute than most musicians. That is all well and good but even in all its glory I don’t think the album stands out particularly much, it lacks that little extra that makes a good album great. I think that is most unfortunate because this album shows great potential and has the ingredients to be something outstanding, now it is only good and probably only interesting for those who likes the more progressive and avant-garde stuff.

Really an album to check out if you fit the description of the potential audience, perhaps not as important to look up if you are only loosely interested in that kind of music or if you, like myself, has a wide musical preference. This waving flame of oblivion will probably wave for a small but dedicated group of fans while it will fail to make much of an impression in the scrolls of music. Lets leave this album by concluding that I find this to be a promising debut that shows great potential.

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