Unchain Utopia presents itself with a soft intro in charge of the chorus
and the orchestra, then we can listen to the drums and the keyboard
who will imprint more vigor and vehemence to this song, however,
it will remain in a middle rhythm which gives it a more dramatic and
sentimental touch compared to the previous ones. This song also has the
chorus as a protagonist while Simone makes a wonderful interpretation
before the ending.
The Fifth Guardian (Interlude). This song takes elements from the
Oriental music (China). This instrumental song decelerates the tendency
that we have had in the first half of the disc. A beautiful interlude that
takes us immediately to Chemical Insomnia, dissipating completely the
previous calmness and finding again the characteristic sound of this disc,
wonderful orchestral moments and the vast experience of Simone, in one
of her best moments. Without reaching an explosion as in the first songs
of the disc but with a demolishing ending, I have no doubt in qualifying
this as one of the best songs in The Quantum Enigma.
Reverence (Living in the Heart): Now we find a very strong song in which
Simone and the chorus share the main role. The rhythm in this song is a
constant middle tempo and it remains that way until its second half in
which we will find a variation initiated by the chorus and the orchestra
to be then emphasized by the short and aggressive guitar and keyboard
solos, and then return to the initial metric after that.
Omen (The Ghoulish Malady), the piano’s sound together with the
chord’s instruments transmit us a calm sensation, but this lasts for just
a moment, then the orchestra enters with a sudden change and this
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