Mass of The Sun - two albums
There is little information about the band Mass of The Sun on their web site. There’s a few photos, a schedule of concerts that are all canceled, and two albums. Fortunately the two albums speak volumes. Mass of The Sun is a progressive rock / metal band with an epic sound; romantic, mysterious, and symphonic.
Their 2007 release, Rymdkupa start with a slow chant that builds into a powerful melody that holds you for twelve minutes. The title track is another long track with a slow but melodic sound and some very nice work between guitar and electric organ. It is my favorite song on the album. Mass of The Sun seems to be best at these extended numbers. Anna-Karin Blomster is the main vocalist and provides a beautiful folkish quality to the music.
The band has an unusual sound that exhibits excellent interaction between all involved. This also works to good affect on their 2006 release Palms and Minds. Again the two best tracks, the title song and “Fable”, are extended works allowing for extensive exploration. On both albums, the tracks tends to be slower to mid tempo with a symphonic sound.. The one exception is a clever little jazz number called “One Foot at a Time”. While I find Rymdkupa more enjoyable, both albums deliver good quality progressive rock in a unique style.
Palms and Minds is available in 192kbps MP3 while Rymdkupa is in 320kbps MP3.
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Hello Marvin.
I happened to find your review of the albums palms and minds and Rymdkupa. I liked your reviews very much. But one thing is not right in your description of the web site, the gigs wasn’t canceled, they are past shows, except for one. We are also working on another album “Cosmic Lullabies” which will be a dual CD conceptual album. We will update the website to the greater good soon, and in late mars, a lot of live video footage + live mp3s will be up.
Thanks again for your review!
Best regards/ The Mass of the Sun collective
Comment by Christian Johansson — January 20, 2008 @ 8:51 pm
Hi Christian.
Thanks for setting the record straight. It will be nice to see more info on your site since you are a band that deserves to be known. Good luck on the new album.
Comment by Marvin — January 20, 2008 @ 11:21 pm
Interesting stuff. Old-school Pink Floyd fans will find this material very familiar since it lifts templates from a number of early Floyd tunes from the Atom Heart Mother and Meddle days - right down to the production, chord progressions and Gilmour-like slide guitar. While these tunes make for good-listening, even the self-possessed Floyd knew to slide-in a few lighter-listening pieces between the more spacey-bits (think San Tropez and Seamus)…Mass of the Sun just keeps-on with the heavy stuff which, unless you have it on as filler music, can get a bit monotonous. However, as I loved this period of often overlooked Floyd-ism, I really enjoy these albums.
Comment by Erik Karlsson — June 11, 2008 @ 8:51 pm