01. Lyre's Harmony
02. A Fair Trade
03. Unborn
04. Bloodline
05. Painted Eyes
06. Engelbert the Inchworm
07. Afraid to Fly
08. Dialogue
09. Departing Words
10. Doldrums
11. Land Of Confusion (bonus track on 2nd
jewel case pressing)
Paul
Adrian Villarreal – Vocals and Acoustic
Guitar
Marcel Coenen – Guitars and Backing
Vocals
Roel Vink – Bass Guitar
Rene Kroon – Keyboards and Backing
Vocals
Roel Van Helden – Drums and Percussion
All music recorded at the Pit studio Weert
by Hans Reinders, Marcel and Rene in the
period of April – December 2006, except
keyboards: Recorded at Rene’s home
studio by himself.
Mixed
by Marcel, Hans and Rene
Produced by: Marcel, Hans, Rene and Paul
Mastered by: Marcel & Hans
All music written by Sun Caged, except “Engelbert”,
written by Sun Caged & Rob Van Der Loo.
All Lyrics by Paul Adrian Villarreal.
Artwork by: Jeroen Evers, http://www.porcupine.nl/
The Dutch progressive metal originals Sun
Caged return with their massive second album
"Artemisia" on 23 March 2007.
Artemisia
is a metaphorical place. In some ways it’s
akin to Neverland, and in other ways, its
opposite. People we’ve lost and dreams’
we’ve let go find themselves here.
There’s sadness about the place, and
yet a warm glow as we stroll among memories
of what might’ve been. The music paints
the landscape, and the lyrics serve as our
guide as we tour this place. The classical
metaphors and allegories are stripped of
their pretence and rejoined with their humanistic
origins. Pain and loss are recurring themes,
as is the never-ending quest for the understanding,
strength and humility that living in the
real world demands.
Since
the debut the band have seen almost wholesale
changes in personnel with only guitarist
and band founder Marcel Coenen remaining
from the debut. Yet the typical Sun Caged
sound is still present, if anything even
richer with even more different sounds and
styles than heard on the debut. The new
band members and Coenen have delved deep
to deliver an album that acts on creative
impulses, without limiting themselves to
the standard bag of tricks often heard in
the progressive genre. Artemisia delivers
an album full of unstoppable vocal melody,
virtuoso guitar work, odd time signatures
and complex chord sequences all topped off
with an ultra powerful production.
