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Norwegian vocalist Tommy Sebastian Halseth is known, among others, as ex member from the prog metal band ‘Atrox’, and the heavy metal band ‘Griffin’. He had various musical ideas, that’s why he set up a project. This became the alternative rock band Matterhorn<\/em><\/strong>. There are several bands with this name, mostly metal bands. ‘Outside<\/em><\/strong>‘ is the debut album of these Norwegians. This theme album is about the left-out people in our modern society, alienated in this chaotic and superficial world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partly due to the sound of the horns, the instrumental intro of ‘Outside<\/strong>‘ has jazz influences. Tommy has his own unique voice with a clear pronunciation. He stretches a few words longer. The stacked vocals are well done, and are also nicely distributed over the headphones. The same goes for a piece of percussion. The atmosphere is lighter than expected with this theme. Almost imperceptibly there are quite a few layers in the music. Part of the guitar playing of this well constructed opening track is a bit dull.
The quiet intro of ‘Aura Noire<\/strong>‘ is nice and bright, the mood a bit more melancholic. Again, the stacked vocals stand out positively. When Andreas Stunes starts drumming, it is appropriately quiet at first, he builds it up nicely in intensity. Tempo and volume change a few times, but the quiet flow remains until the last note. ‘Aorta<\/strong>‘ has a beautiful minimalistic intro, music and vocals are a bit down. The string instruments form a good combination with the low bass notes of Edvin Matthieson. The build-up to slightly more power is beautiful, tempo and volume change a few times gradually. The minimalist piece has a beautiful mix of string instruments and choral singing, among other things. The beautiful soft details in the music come out best when listening with headphones. The ‘lovely pop rock’ turns into rock, which contains a wonderful piece of guitar playing. This beautiful song has a minimalistic ending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The acoustic guitar playing in ‘Oceana<\/strong>‘ blends beautifully with the other instruments. The atmosphere is dreamy, and there are beautiful soft details. Here Tommy’s singing is a bit too loud in view of the friendly music. In the harmony vocals the voices colour beautifully together. If you listen with the headphones, the repeating percussion in the background is too dominant. This almost undoes the wonderful atmosphere of this song. Furthermore, the mutual harmony of the instruments is excellent. The spoken words, and the vocals in ‘D\u00f8den og meg<\/strong>‘ are in Norwegian. I do not understand a word of it, but that is not bad. The way of (background) singing fits well with the music. Vocal parts alternate with instrumental pieces. After a number of spoken sentences this well constructed track ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A number of songs, for example ‘Last page<\/strong>‘ and ‘Silhouette<\/strong>‘ have nice details at the end. But ‘Bruit Blanc<\/strong>‘ ends after a lovely rocking piece in a slightly disappointing fade out. The string instruments merge nicely with the other music. But to emphasize the emotion they should have been given a little more space. The music seems simple, because it listens away so easily. But the rather quiet songs are ingeniously constructed. This applies to both the changing rhythms and (gentle) melodies. Regularly there are quite a lot of layers and details, so you keep hearing new things. You will hear the soft details really well with the headphones. Because of all this ‘Outside<\/em><\/strong>‘ has to grow, but ‘Matterhorn<\/em><\/strong>‘ has launched an excellent debut album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(89\/100) (Apollon Records<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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