''The Art of Navigating by the Stars'' is the sixth
studio album by the
progressive metal
Progressive metal (sometimes shortened to prog metal) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral ...
band
Sieges Even. It is the first album to feature the vocalist Arno Menses.
Reception
The album was described by ''Sea of Tranquility'' webzine as being "one of the most anticipated comeback albums of the year" and stylistically compared to
Fates Warning's ''
A Pleasant Shade of Gray
''A Pleasant Shade of Gray'' is the eighth studio album by progressive metal band Fates Warning, released on April 22, 1997 through Metal Blade Records. It is a concept album, and contains one song divided into twelve parts and is noted for its da ...
'' in that "it is a long-form composition divided into eight movements, plus a short intro track. These movements, or sequences as they are named in the booklet, are all parts of a huge 63-minute song, linked through various key themes and motifs."
[Batmaz, Murat]
The Art of Navigating by the Stars review
seaoftranquility.org. 2005-09-27. Retrieved on 2011-10-29.
Track listing
# "Navigating by the Stars" − 0:29
# "The Weight" − 10:14
# "The Lonely Views of Condors" − 6:14
# "Unbreakable" − 9:00
# "Stigmata" − 8:22
# "Blue Wide Open" − 5:13
# "To the Ones Who Have Failed" − 7:26
# "Lighthouse" − 7:42
# "Styx" − 8:55
External links
The Art of Navigating by the Stars @ Encyclopaedia Metallum
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Art Of Navigating By The Stars, The
2005 albums
Sieges Even albums
Inside Out Music albums