Subconscious In Xperience

Subconscious In Xperience is an ambitious work on which Blindman binds precise, outstanding guitar phrases, transparent, beautiful keyboards and singing that pushes out deep emotion. In addition to its former lyrical style, it boldly takes in more complex, technical elements. The songs show progressive, elaborate development, yet at their center clear, memorable melody is always firmly placed. A record where the band’s new challenge shines. From the powerful drive of the opener “To the End” and the drama of “Desperate Heart” to a cut like “Let Me Down,” every song is engaging, while cuts like “Caged Bird” and “Tears In Flames” convey the work’s fullness. Tatsuya Nakamura’s fluid, technical guitar is powerfully in sharp form throughout. A record on which the vivid contrast of hard, powerful playing and delicate, beautiful lyricism gives the album a distinctive tension and sure depth. It shows the precise construction of Japanese melodic hard rock with rich, varied tone. An engaging record that powerfully showed Blindman’s musical deepening — a record where the band’s challenge shines.