Inside Out U.S.
2005
Timeloss
About This Album
Paatos' debut album falls somewhere between Landberk's Indian Summer and Morte Macabre's Symphonic Holocaust. Of course, Reine Fiske's flowing basslines and Stefan Dimle's dreamy guitar licks account for most of the basis for these comparisons. Timeloss offers a very strong, if somewhat short debut. Again, Fiske and Dimle were already highly experimental -- and respected -- progressive rock musicians when they entered the studio in early 2002 to record this album. The group also had some mileage on the counter, having recorded a 45-rpm single for Mellotronen the year before ("Téa" was that single's B-side; the version included here was completely re-recorded). Paatos' music relies on very quiet textures, melancholia-laden melodies, aerial flute (or clarinet), and velvety Mellotron. Petronella Nettermalm's voice perfectly matches the music's mood. She does not have a wide range, but she nails down the mysterious/vaporous character of the songs to perfection. Slightly more upbeat than the album's average, "Sensor" makes a good opener, circumscribing the group's territory in a nicely packed five-minute song. The eight-minute "Hypnotique" gets straight to the dreamy side of late Landberk, White Willow circa the Ex Tenebris album, or even the smoother side of Hughscore.
Track List (try tracks 2,3 and 5)

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