We had been waiting for this "Invisible Circles" to see the light for some time now, and we were anxious because a release signed by After Forever is always a guarantee of quality. Of course, and once again, we haven't been disappointed, on the contrary. In their previous mini-cd "Exordium", the Dutch band had experimented a little with sounds that differed slightly from what their normal trends are, but in this "Invisible Circles" they have recovered their most After Forever sound with quite classic melodies represented in mid-tempo songs, added to more aggressiveness on the guitars and vocals (with an increasing participation of Sanders, with his scary guttural cries). The pretty Floor Jansen delights us once more with her vocal (as well as physical) beauty, this time without overdoing it in the higher tones and singing at all times the feeling the song should transmit in each of its passages.

Another innovation is the inclusion of one of the guitarists, Bass Mass, as the third singer, doing the cleanest parts in three songs (I'm still talking about the voice). In the third track, "Between Love & Fire" we have the combination of the three voices (Floor, Sanders and Bass), giving a result which is spectacularly overwhelming.

"Invisible Circles" is a magnificent concept album (with a musically impeccable result), based on the birth of a baby girl who has to stand her parents fighting constantly and who, when she grows, still has to live those nightmares, although in this case she is the mother, thus closing the circle.

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Translation: Fausto Navarro http://faustonavarro.com