BRIGHTEYE BRISON - BRIGHTEYE BRISON
Written By Anders Olin at www.victoryzine.com

Brighteye Brison – S/T Rivel Records, Sweden
Sometimes when you are searching for good mushrooms you have to search deep and sometimes remove things like grass and moss in way to find them. The same formula can be used in the music industry. As we all know the great bands are NOT signed by the great labels. For some strange reasons many of the best bands, from a musically point of view, are often found on smaller labels. So sometimes you have to dig deep in way to find the real gems. This is the easiest way I can introduce the band Brighteye brison(kind of interesting name...). A four-unit progressive hardrock/rock band from Sweden. I had never heard of them but a good friend of my told me about them and their label (Rivel records, www.rivelrecords.com), which owner turned to be the lead singer of the great band Narnia (the world is small), was kind and sent me their self titled debut.

Brighteye brison play 70’s classical symphonic prog and they do it in an impressive way. Let’s see what they have to offer in this release: a 5-song long CD (not a Ep because the first song is almost 30minutes long)

1. Introduction (0:14) – OK, the piano intro is good but when it’s just 14seconds is find it totally useless.

2. One year alone (29:47) – In contrast the the introduction we here recieve a real mammuth-sized song. With a clocking time of almost half an hour this is a collossal piece of work. And I enjoy almost every seconds of it. Fantastic melodic guitarsolos (which reminds me of IQ, YES, Genesis), could it be better? I’m not sure, for in this song the guys show us what they’re made of. Precision and accuracy are words that could be used to decribe music, combined with some sad vocals (not Eric Clayton sad though). As usual prog-musicians are always mulittalented so many kind of instruments are used here. My favorite is the beuatifully played saxophone, brilliant stuff for my ears! The song is divided in four different parts. But I don’t really see the meaning of that, because the whole song follows the same red line, i.e. long songs rock (Shadow Gallery – the light!).But in conclusion:Splended work!

3. Take good care of my heart (6:32) – Ok, for some strange reasons almost every album have their weak parts. And here is where I found this album’s. I don’t like the lyrics or the music here. So I hastily skip it and I don’t regret it afterwards.

4.In Disguise (5:51) – This song starts faster than the other songs but it slows down after a while. Again I become afraid that we have another flop here, but after some more seconds I realize that this is a pretty good song. Great chorus and some atmospheric piano playing helps this song to be pretty descent. Not any awesome stuff but still it’s enjoyable.

5.A Car (11:51) – The seconds longest song and again it turns great (perhaps they should concentrate on these longer songs?). Some midtempo sections powered by some great guitarworks. This is Brighteye in their best mood, because the stuff that we get delievered is at time absolutely awesome. Remids me little of Shadow Gallery at times but there are influences from many wellknown bands. Check this out.

6.Final Call (3:21) – The shortest song and it kind of tells us that this is not the last we will hear from the band. A short yet powerful songs with a great chorus(?) which is followed by a staggering guitarsolo. A great way to close up a great CD.

A very good debut and if they continue to progress they can be, in a near future, in the progressive rock elite. Keep up the good work guys. You can support this band by visiting their homepage, where you will find soundclips as well, at www.brighteyebrison.com

Overall: 8.5
Anders Olin