Tantra - Delirium

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2005
Time: 49:03
Size: 113,0 MB
Label: Self Released
Styles: Progressive Rock/Symphonic Prog
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Sea Maiden - The Vision - 4:59
 2. Nostalgia - Memories/The Search/Nostalgia - 5:10
 3. Cantata (of Love and Death) - 6:23
 4. Commitment to Love - 1:22
 5. Toccami - 2:59
 6. The Pain - 4:16
 7. Heaven - 7:42
 8. Commitment to Love II - 0:53
 9. Lord Of Doom - 3:06
10. Delirium - 6:21
11. Salutation - The other side/Wellcoming Gathering - 5:48

First of all I would like to mention to you that reviewing Tantra's music is not an easy job. There are no references to their music. This is true progressive music and Tantra has it's unique style. My first impression is that this album is more complicated than “Terra” (“Terra” has more melody) and is not for a big audience. As listener you will have to put some energy into it (listening with a lot of concentration) before the album will show it's beauty. Except the title track “Delirium” all compositions are made by Manuel Cardoso. He is still the driving force behind Tantra. “Sea Maiden” was composed based on improvisations by the band. A dark orchestral opening, passionate vocals, analog synthesizers and complex rhythms and melodies. This is the music of Tantra. But if you listen carefully the music slowly develops and gets more and more melody ... before it abruptly ends. “Nostalgia" which is divided into the parts “Memories”, “The search” and “Nostalgia” opens with beautiful and melodic electric guitar. The analog synthesizers and the organ gives the piece that special feeling of the seventies. “Cantata (of Love and Death)” is one of the more complex compositions with jazzy bass and piano parts next to the synthesizer and guitar soundscapes. It has also rhythm breaks and melodic electric guitar. A complex mix of all the ingredients of Tantra's music. “Commitment to love” is a short and delicate solo piece on the classical (acoustic) guitar. A little rest point before the complex rhythms of the up tempo “Toccami”. Because Cardoso plays the electric guitar in a melodic way, the music is melodic and complex at the same time. “The pain” is full of nice melodies and the tension is working towards a breathtaking climax. One of the longer pieces on this album is “Heaven”. Jenny is reading a French poem entitled “Aimer”. The music is very orchestral and the female voice of Ze Fernando sounds like in the opera. “Commitment to love II ” a short intermezzo, is played on piano by former Tantra member Pedro Luis Neves (“Holocausto” period). “Lord of Doom” is about “JJ Snuff's” clinical death experiences. In this piece you can hear the jazz fusion influences that are also present in Tantra's music. The album closes worthy with the title track “Delirium” and “Salutation (The other side - Welcoming Gathering)” . For me together with “The pain” the highlights of the album. Like on their previous album “Terra” you can hear the Tantra I love. “Delirium” with an overwhelming tension and emotion is working towards a climax with broad orchestral keyboard layers and a soaring melodic guitar solo. “Salutation” with orchestral keyboards, jazzy piano, melodic vocal choirs and the always present melodic electric guitar work of Manuel Cardoso.

Delirium