Concept of God is a side-project consisting of musicians from Solitude Aeturnus barring the drummer, who is an EX-Solitude Aeturnus member. Lolzzz. The music - as expected - is traditionally arranged doom metal. In fact, some of these songs could have been decent Candlemass/Solitude Aeturnus songs. I don't see the purpose of such a project. I thought maybe this album is supposed to be ideologically or spiritually fulfilling for some of the band members, but the lyrical content suggests otherwise. Granted, there is a definite modern edge to some of these songs and some experimentation thrown in here and there. Like the song Falling Down which starts off with a really cool cowbell groove. Or Traces - the main riff is reminiscent of a riff I heard on Coroner's Grin.

That aside, I still fail to understand why the music has been tagged 'progressive doom metal'. Sure, the song Visions (Nightmares) is the same riff as Dream Theater's As I Am, but I'm not sure if that's reason enough for it to be filed under the progressive genre. A lot of these songs have great potential, but it feels as though they've rushed it up and finished it off without proper arrangement. Rob Lowe sounds as good as ever and there's also a cover of Man on the Silver Mountain included on this album. Although not as good as the SA cover of Shame on the Night or Heaven and Hell, it's still a decent try.

At the end of the day, this seems like one of those albums that has been put out just to test the waters. As for the Solitude Aeternus fans, this might be a sign of things to come.

Year of release: 2007 

Label: Massacre Records

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