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TOMORROW'S EVE - Mirror Of Creation III - Project Ikaros
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TOMORROW’S EVE – Mirror Of Creation III – Project Ikaros

May 8, 2018 Maxxxwell Carlisle

Fans of Dream Theater, current Symphony X, Octavision, and other modern Progressive Melodic Metal bands will absolutely love Mirror Of Creation III – Project Ikaros, the latest release and concept album, from German act Tomorrow’s Eve. While the band has gone through an expected and welcome evolution over the years, this release finds Tomorrow’s Eve deep into Progressive Power Metal territory on tracks like ” Welcome To The Show” and “Bread And Circuses”, while occasionally venturing into more darkly Gothic material with “The System” and “Somnium Ex Machina”. Overall, the album remains aggressive and up-tempo, without crossing the line into Speed Metal or Extreme Power Metal. Several of the songs make nice use of synths and orchestral parts, but this is done in a way as to not soften the songs, instead adding a complexity and more detailed nature to the mixes and arrangements. As they are, the mixes are rich, deep, and sonically brilliant, but this should be expected from a technically proficient, seasoned band like this. As good as Mirror Of Creation III – Project Ikaros is, Tomorrow’s Eve will still be fighting an uphill battle to distinguish themselves in a genre that has so many quality bands. For existing fans, concept albums like this are usually well received, but to really grow their audience, Tomorrow’s Eve will need to put out that killer, in-your-face, memorable single, and this album just doesn’t seem to have it. This is a stereotypical case of the bar being set extremely high when it comes to songwriting and musicianship, and although the gang from Tomorrow’s Eve won’t find themselves outclassed, they won’t find an easy victory in the battle for the throne of Progressive Metal. TUNE INTO METALEXPRESSRADIO.COM at NOON & MIDNIGHT (EST) / 6:00 & 18:00 (CET) TO HEAR THE BEST TRACKS FROM …READ MORE

TOMORROW'S EVE - The Tower
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TOMORROW’S EVE – The Tower

May 29, 2007 George Fustos

The members of Tomorrow’s Eve have indeed turned the page. They are now at a level that few bands ever achieve in their lifetime. What a difference a year makes. Their last release, Mirror of Creation 2: Genesis II in 2006, was good, but who in their right mind expected this? The Tower sounds as if the band went back to music school, just graduated, and put out this new EP. The music on it sounds far superior to what anyone could have predicted — it is that good. This 4-track EP is a limited edition CD album that was put together to give fans an idea of what to expect on the bands next full-length album, expected to be released after their European tour with Circle II Circle. It contains some new music as well as some re-recorded material with a 2007 spin on it. It will also hint at what direction the band is headed. The band will be using SU-2 Studios (Germany) once again where they are already booked for their latest undertaking. The Tower is dark and aggressive, something that will be carried over to their new full-length release. The band remains intact with the same line-up from their last release. “The Tower” and “Remember” are the two new songs, along with different versions of “Success” and “Not From This World.” Guests include Jennie Kloos, once again with her beautiful voice, and Phil Hillen. The EP is a little over 22 minutes, but seems to last much longer while you listen to it from beginning to end, leaving you wanting more. You’ll just have to wait for the band’s next release, which is exactly the sole purpose for this EP tease. “The Tower” coming in at a hair under 7 minutes showcases the band’s new found …READ MORE

Interviews

Interview with Tomorrow’s Eve

March 23, 2007 George Fustos

As most people know, bands these days in the early part of their careers need other sources of income to pay the bills… what other trades or occupations do the members of Tomorrow’s Eve have to fall back on? Yes it’s sad but true… non-mainstream, non-commercial bands (and this concerns most Metal bands world-wide) cannot live just by playing their music, especially when we speak about Progressive music. Of course, we all have a daily job that allows us to pay the bills. I do some composing for different projects, like children’s theater, etc., and work part-time as an IT-specialist for a small internet service provider. Oliver works in retail and Rainer’s work deals with machines, but I really don’t know what he actually does… could be something dangerous, ha ha. So, I can add up what everybody does in detail, but the quintessence will be, that we are like all other people to. It would be great if we could lessen these kinds of jobs and increase the amount of time that we can put into our music, but I fear this may just be wishful thinking. If it wasn’t for Tomorrow’s Eve (TE), what would each of the band members be doing today? Huh… this is a hard one. I don’t know. It was a bunch of fortunate circumstances that we found each other to put together the line-up that finally let us build TE. So I don’t dare speculate what would have happened if we never met each other. When not in the studio or touring, what do you enjoy doing? Rainer: When we are not in the studio or touring, we work on a new album. Tom: I try to spend my free time with my daughter, as often as possible. Martin: Like I said before, …READ MORE

TOMORROW'S EVE - Mirror of Creation 2: Genesis II
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TOMORROW’S EVE – Mirror of Creation 2: Genesis II

September 22, 2006 George Fustos

Lion Music, a label out of Finland, has brought out yet another fine Progressive Metal release. It turns out that if you are a fan of this particular genre (Progressive Metal) then you don’t have to look any further than Lion music. They have been signing bands and releasing some of the finest Progressive and Melodic Metal music over the last few years. It appears that with Tomorrow’s Eve they may have hit a home run. Tomorrow’s Eve was founded in 1998 in Idar-Oberstein, Germany. Interestingly enough, this band has had a different line-up for each of its studio album releases: three releases to date. Here is a quick discography summary for Tomorrow’s Eve … 1999 – The Unexpected World, the band’s first album was composed and recorded at the Bazement (Basement) Studios in Wiesbaden, Germany, and before long they got a deal with the label B. Mind Records in Berlin, Germany. The release came in October 2000 with the official line-up (according to the album) consisting of the following musicians: Peter Webel (vocals), Rainer Grund (guitars), Oliver Schwickert (keyboards), Sascha Hilles (bass), and Ralf Gottlieb (drums). Tomorrow’s Eve surprised everyone with this debut album and were hailed as the new German Prog Metal sensations. The second album, Mirror Of Creation, began in mid-2001 and was completed by the end of that year. It was recorded April through June 2002, again at the Bazement (Basement) Studios, and was officially released in March/April of 2003. In June 2002, Ralf and Sascha decided to leave the band because of personal stress. In September 2002, Peter became another casualty. Replacements needed to come quickly as possible, and Peter was replaced right away, as luck would have it. His replacement was a vocalist named Rouven Bitz. A new line-up (consisting of Rainer Grund, Oliver …READ MORE