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• Artist: The Pax Cecilia
• Album: Blessed Are The Bonds
• Label: Indie
• Year of Release: 2007
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• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2007-07-20

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The note that came with The Pax Cecilia's second DIY album, Blessed Are The Bonds states that they are a "mix between ambient rock and progressive metal, with lots of string arrangements and piano work." That about sums it up, but are they good? Luckily I picked up on this album up out of my gigantic pile.

Blessed begins with "The Tragedy", a song that doesn't even hint at the power The Pax Cecilia has. That will come later. For now we are given something you might expect from The Dirty Three. Strings, piano and lovely quiet vocals usher you through this 10 minute opening track. "The Tomb Song" starts out about the same pace until they get about half way through, then all hell breaks loose and the "metal" side of Pax rears its head. When they finally get into the heavy, they really get into it. Witness the heaviness of "The Progress". The can even tackle the epic song as well. "The Water Song" is an overwhelming 12 minutes but it's worth taking the time for. The guys manage to create quite the dynamic landscape within this moment in time. They leave you in peace with "The Hymn", a very quiet track accompanied by an acoustic guitar and some harmonized vocals.

This may go down as my best album you never heard for 2007.

NOTE: The Pax Cecilia state that they will be giving their album free of charge to anyone who sends them their mailing address. They are trying to exist on a donation based model.

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