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NIL NOVO SUB SOLE
NIL
2005 , FRANCE - EURO 15.00
Label: UNICORN RECORDS
ALBUM REVIEW
For their fourth album, French symphonic proggers Nil chose to name their album "Nothing New Under the Sun," which is somewhat ironic given the state of symphonic prog these days. However, despite operating in a tired genre full of clichés, copycatting, and a general perversion of the word "progressive," Nil Novo Sub Sole manages to sound fresh. Much like contemporaries and countrymen Taal, Nil combine traditional symphonic prog idioms with touches of more strident styles (zeuhl, RIO) to keep things interesting. Dark and moody, Nil Novo Sub Sole is emotionally cool without being musically cold: warm tones and rich keyboard and guitar lines abound, yet the mood is dark, with an edge that compares to classic French proggers like Arachnoid or Shylock...Mixing symphonic prog with metal, jazz, a slight hint of zeuhl and RIO, and an overall sound that is somehow very French is a formula for success for Nil. (B.Wu)
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