New Discovery: Another Mask

“dep·o·si·tion (dp-zshn)
n.
1. The act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office
2. The act of depositing, especially the laying down of matter by a natural process.
3. Something deposited; a deposit.
4. Sworn testimony recorded for use in court at a later date.
5. "Deposition" The removal of Jesus from the cross.

This record tells a story of an intelligent civilization that is gradually becoming aware of itself and its place in the universe. Each song represents a step in perceiving the nature of things that increases the scale of known universe, making an individual less and less significant.
It is a message to any other species telling that it is possible to overcome greed, selfishness, ignorance and superstition and to prosper in knowledge, love and peace.“
This is what Another Mask have to say about their second record Deposition which they released on March 7^th 2013. Pavel Kazantsev (vocalist), Maxim Gribanovsky (guitarist), Oleg Sharikov (guitarist), Andrey Rozhkov (bassist) and Artem Taganov (drummer) are five guys from Moscow, Russia who started making music together in 2006 what you can definitely hear on their record. The twelve songs on Deposition deal with serious issues like the fast development of our society and how we can find our place in it (“So we grasp whatever hands can reach trying hard to show that we are the masters of this tiny place that we call home“). However, no matter what we do, we'll never be more than “ the smallest cogs rotating endlessly inside this perfect clock“ what's a symbol for our society again and a line in their fifth song Perfect Clock. I like this song a lot because it perfectly describes the vicious circle we currently live in.

The eighth song on the record is my favourite: Origin Locus offers great lyrics just like “The greatest secret is kept forever from our eyes, so one can just surmise. I think it might be the reason we breathe, the reason we keep this fire bright, I think it might be the reason we fight, the reason we lock ourselves inside“. Apart from the lyrics, I like the pace of the song, especially how strong the guitars sound.
The next song takes me back to biology class at school: Natural Selection. I'm glad that I don't have to explain the concept of natural selection now because the lyrics of the song pretty much cover everything you need to know (and I was really bad at biology). I have to admit that I'm quite fascinated because of how the writer turned such a boring topic (sorry) into such a good song!

All in all Another Mask impressed me. Not only because the songs deal with these unusual topics but also because the lyrics are very well written. Even though english isn't the band's native language, the songs contain words I had to look up because I never heard them before but this formal language is something what definitely separates the band from other bands out there.
I want to lose one quick sentence about the artwork: Every song has a different cover fitting to the meaning of the song. For example the song Won't Last Forever has an hourglass as a cover or Perfect Clock has three cogs as a cover.

You can clearly see how much work, energy and passion stands behind the whole album so you should go and check Another Mask out right now and download Deposition!

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