"Where Echoes Gather" is a work that draws the best of the progressive to eradicate energetic essence, but never fall into egocentric digressions. Communic uses technique and musical vocabulary to perfection and offers a book full of humanistic concerns. A group to discover (or re-discover) with this album of progressive effective and played with application.

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This album is truly fantastic. Read more and let me try and explain why.

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Six years later, Communic is back in triumph to squeeze the idioms and manners into a delightful, guitar-like, heavy metal, without any change in consistency throughout the album. Even to those who are already missing Nevermore,, the Norwegians will distribute painkillers of tension with abundant sentiment.
Strong and proud return ...

With Where Echoes Gather, the Norwegians give us one of their best album and come back to the top of their game. They could have simplified their compositions. But no. Communic is not that kind of group that looks for an easy way out. They complicate "their simplicity", and deliver an album that takes the guts out of you and leaves no respite to the listener. Congratulations and thank you gentlemen. Powerful, melodic and complex to the bone, check it out fast.

COMMUNIC have forgotten nothing and still stand with no lineup change as rock solid, well-rehearsed unit. Even the fifth album of the Norwegians is beyond reproach.

The whole thing I can call a very melodic Prog Metal remains in the ear, the production is beyond all doubt. Communic are back with a bang and are likely to close the gaps left by them and others. Maybe I should take the old albums again to heart ...

If ever there was a band that deserved more success than they have achieved, it is Communic. I mean, how can a band with this amount of talent not break into the heavy metal mainstream? Four records have been released to date, all of which have been of a consistently high standard, all impeccably delivered and with utter focus and conviction. The latter is underlined by the fact that the trio that formed Communic some 14 years ago remain together and are about to release their fifth album as a threesome.

For me personally, the most intense and fantastic is the song "Moondance". Here, in the form of ballad-like vocals, reminiscent of Pink Floyd, Stensland shows what he is capable of singing, and the whole song is perfectly tuned in terms of melody, chorus, and hard parts, so you get a really big one Song may speak. Highest top class !!

By combining the best of the four previous albums and the six-year-old that has been a hindrance to any band that is on the upside and wants to be kept in the conscience of the fans, Communic produces a disc that in the year 2017 will bring nostalgia and smile to fans of specific sound hue.

Finally! We had to wait a long time, but "Where echoes gather" finally sees the life light. And what a gem it has become. The trio Oddleif, Tor and Erik did it again!

Songs close to perfection and with so many influences and ideas that you will discover many subtleties only after repeated runs. The band's up-and-coming joys seem to have done well, as it was probably possible to work longer on the development of the songs, which served them well. One can call "Where Echoes Gather" in the same breath with the first two albums and generally raise to the top level of the best progmetal albums of all time.

It's great that this interesting band is back in action after a long break, because after the demise of Nevermore and the rather failed comeback of Sanctuary, we need a band that plays this style.. Great and challenging Metal album, which needs a few runs.

"Communic" are much more mature than on their previous albums and prove that there are always new sources of inspiration in Prog-Metal. The album takes time and should be enjoyed consciously, here you have to put yourself in the story and will be rewarded with unusual sounds and enthralling melodies.

Communic delivering moody, majestic progressive metal that is unforgettable, the melodies digging their hooks into your very soul and the arrangements pure ear candy for the senses.

Norway's finest printed magazine, Scream Magazine - ranged the new album as "album of the month" in latest issue. Thank you for the great support over the years.

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Where Echoes Gather takes you on a trip and the further you go the more you want to hear. The mix of progressive with thrash metal is so greatly done you keep wanting to hear what’s coming next. The complex riffing, the catchy melodies together with the atypical and at some points hard to get voice of Oddleif are just what makes this all so powerful.

All I can say is WOW! “Where Echoes Gather” is exactly what I was hoping for from Communic and then-some! The band still sound like they always have, a bit like a more progressive Nevermore. But the riffs are more technical, the music is more melodic and the band is on the TOP of their game. The album has 3 two part epics “The Pulse of the Earth,” “The Claws Of The Sea” and the title track. You can listen to each of these as one long track but they also each work as separate songs as well. Genius.

COMMUNIC has come back in full glory. Musically, the team continues to explore areas of progmetal craftsmanship more and more with the more noticeable traits of other species. Presented ideas are strength, freshness and energy.

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COMMUNIC powrócił i to w pełnej chwale. Muzycznie zespół w dalszym ciągu konsekwentnie eksploruje rejony progmetalowego rzemiosła tyle, że z bardziej wyczuwalnymi naleciałościami innych gatunków.

Communic's metal is intimate as few others, it does not know any borders and - above all - never gets bored. Citing a song at the expense of another would be an offense to the entire album, a constraint imposed that would not make justice to the vital lifestyle that powers 'Where Echoes Gather' in its entirety. Sitting, listening and dreaming. Nothing more ...

Communic present their songs in the usual high-quality manner, from rousing thrash shots, epic Power Metal treats and the typical progressive inputs that set the band apart.

If you thought the Norwegian only was eating cod and produce black metal videos with corps paintings on their face... Communic is a very vivid proof that there is more to the Norwegians than that....

This is exactly the Communic that we know and love since the fantastic 2005 debut "Conspiracy In Mind". And they have not forgotten anything.

I've listened through the album several times now and I must admit that it took me a while to really get in to the material to discover the greatness of thsese songs, but once I did there was no turning back. Despite the bands impressive discography I'm tempted to say that this is probably the best Communic album since 'Conspiracy In Mind'. Welcome back guys, and please don't let us wait another seven years for the next one. 

For me this band has the same high level as groups like Fates Warning and Threshold, switching gears between and during songs, sounding complicated yet accessible, heavy yet very melodic and sometimes a bit dramatic as well.

Apart from the unfamiliar concept and the increased complexity are on this disc all the trademarks represented, which make up COMMUNIC since the beginning, from the distinctive voice of band head Oddleif Stensland on the successful mix of driving US thrash prog, brilliant melodies and sublime refrains.

Where Echoes Gather does come across as “older” Communic. Lyrically they still explore some thought provoking ideas, but musically, this album is not as dark and morose as The Bottom Deep, containing quite a bit of the Prog Metal tendencies that Communic utilizes so well along with an American style of Power Metal.

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I can say that Communics are back on track. Or rather, they took the boiler knob and put pressure on the combustion chamber of the locomotive. Black and dense smoke is partitioned and the machine is oiled properly.

Das Album klingt etwas nach „Conspiracy In Mind“, aber nicht zu sehr, die Düsternis von „The Bottom Deep“ ist abgelegt, dennoch zeugt das Album von einer gewissen Fatalität. „Where Echoes Gather“ ist äußerst komplex und braucht mehr als nur ein paar Durchläufe, bis es sich vollständig erschließt. Aber ich finde es richtig gut.

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The album sounds a bit like "Conspiracy In Mind", but not too much, the gloom of "The Bottom Deep" is discarded, but the album is a bit fatal. "Where Echoes Gather" is extremely complex and needs more than just a few passages until it is fully developed. But I find it really good.

Where Echoes Gather continues Communic on that mind-bending path that is still melodic, very heavy, but not content to be straight-line in terms of arrangements, the progressive portions making this delightful to consume on first listen and years down the line.

Communic are back and their style is intact, for sure.  They have offered up some more atmospheric ideas, though, that really bind this album together.  “Where Echoes Gather” is a fantastic journey that is powerful, but also nostalgic in its sound.  I honestly miss the days when prog metal sound more like this, though I wouldn’t want to leave it there.  Especially if you are already a fan, this new Communic album will be a total win for you.

Doch das persönliche Highlight dieses Albums ist meiner Meinung nach das fast 9-minütige "Moondance", welches mit seiner anfänglichen ruhigen Atmosphäre bei mir ganz fett punkten kann.

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But the personal highlight of this album is, in my opinion, the almost 9-minute "Moondance", which with its initial calm atmosphere with me bold.

Überhaupt: Diese Melodien! Diese Harmonien! Denn der erneut zweigeteilte Titeltrack brennt in dieser Hinsicht erst recht ein Feuerwerk ab, vor allem der zweite Teil "The underground swine" beginnt mit einem wahren Frickel-Inferno, ohne auch nur im Ansatz selbstverliebt zu klingen.

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At all: these melodies! These harmonies! For the second two-part title track burns a firework in this respect, especially the second part "The underground swine" begins with a true Frickel inferno, without even in the approach itself in love.

“Where Echoes Gather” definitely bridges the 6 year time gap for this 5th release and going beyond that proudly shows Communic still capable of what they do best!

What's thisDie Eröffnungsnummer ´The Pulse Of The Earth, Part 1 - The Magnetic Center´ geniert sich daher anfangs öfters zum Höhepunkt zu gelangen, lässt zudem erst ´Part 2 - Impact Of The Wave´, ein neues musikalisches Thema vorübergehend anspielen, um über zwei Brücken die Pforte des Himmels zu erreichen. item about? What makes it interesting? Write a catchy description to grab your audience's attention...

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The opening track, "The Pulse Of The Earth, Part 1 - The Magnetic Center" is therefore often to the climax, but also lets' Part 2 - Impact Of The Wave', a new musical theme temporarily to bridge over two bridges to reach the gate of heaven.

The album "Where Echoes Gather" lands on #4 in the 10/2017 souncheck edition of powermetal.de

Da allerdings der harte Brecher 'Black Flag Of Hate' und das abschließende Epos 'The Claws Of The Sea' für "Where Echoes Gather" nochmal deutliche Pluspunkte sammeln, überwiegt das Gefühl, es mit einem weiteren tollen COMMUNIC-Album zu tun zu haben.

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The hard hitting 'Black Flag Of Hate' and the closing epic 'The Claws Of The Sea' for "Where Echoes Gather" once again gain clear points, the feeling that it has to do with another great COMMUNIC album...

“Where Echoes Gather” is the highly anticipated return of Communic. Fans of the Norwegian metal outfit will love this record and so do metalheads with a passion for challenging and entertaining metal that stays exciting for more than one spin on your record player. Welcome back Communic.

I have to say though that Where Echoes Gather is one of their strongest releases to date. I would compare Where Echos Gather to Youthanasia eara Megadeth meets Dream Theater. If this makes sense to you then check this it out.