The Afterimage - Lumiere

1. Lumiere

2. Seeking 

3. Follow

4. Unseen

5. Onyx

6. Distance

7. Without You

8. Reach

The Afterimage have released their second album titled "Lumiere." This is their professional record label debut. This album has a very progressive feel to it where you get the band focusing on more of the playing ability than how heavy the album is. They have a similar sound to that of Periphery, or a Born Of Osiris type band, so if you like those bands, you could like this album. They have done a really nice job on this album. When looking at the recording quality of this album, the album has been recorded quite well, as all of Jordan Valeriote's work seems to be. It has a beautiful sound and we love it. The instrumentation is pretty solid as well, the band can certainly play and they try to show it off on this album. Now onto the vocals and lyrics, the vocals on this album consist of a singing and screaming vocal duo. Their screamer can scream quite well, and he has a nice powerful voice for a progressive band, while the clean singer has a nice voice where you can hear everything he says. This duo works very well and we think it makes this album very appealing. With the lyrics, the band goes for songs about relationships, loss, making your own choices and going for what you want, as well as being lost and more. We think that these are some of the things everyone goes through, so we think people can get into the messages and lyrics here. We like how they are not quite so blunt as well, you have to think for the meanings. Overall great job. If you are looking for a single to this album, we suggest "Seeking" as that is our favourite song from the album and we love the clean vocals on here. This will get you to know what the album is about. The Afterimage have made an album that really shows off what they are able to do and how talented the band is. We think this is a great second album to release to everyone. Hopefully the band gets back out there though, as they have been pretty quiet. Listen to this album to decide for yourself what you think of it.Great job.

Genre: Post-Hardcore/Metal/Progressive Metal

Release Date: August 28th, 2015

Location: Barrie, Ontario

Label: Tragic Hero Records