Reviews

French review
www.magicfiremusic.net/chronique.php?cat=chronic&id=1063

...With the typical Queensryche, Dream Theater (Images and Words-era), and even some of the Euro-Metal endurance of Stratovarius, most of the cuts here represent the heaviness that tends to infuse the record, especially with examples of tracks like the ultra riff driven “A Cry of Dismay,” the quick tempo “Patience,” being an example of a creation that would be hard to create as such a dark song, and the dark emotional “Feardrops” among some of the high points. The extended piece “Zephaniah” marks the musicianship pinnacle for the group, while the ballad “There is Love at the End” rounds out the record on a mellower note. There is even a cover of “Eleanor Rigby,” more vigorously produced than the original, done in the fashion that only Atmosfear can, without destroying it...
www.prog4you.com/cd-reviews-01-05/Atmosfear.htm

...With a heavy rhythm section, beautiful guitars sounds with marvelous solos, powerful vocals, but not so strong and, intelligent music that won't go into the ultra-complex realms, using variable elements around Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock until the Melodic Rock. The band have some thing musical around "Dream Theatre", "Shadow Gallery", "Threshold" and other bands with the same musical genre, but inside the AtmOsfear the whole thing is perfect, with what seems to give to a real and new feel to Progressive Rock Metal music in the 21st century. This first album will prove to be a great success and, show the band that they're on the correct musical way, where there are plenty musical to satisfy the burning listener from the Progressive Rock music...
www.progressiverockbr.com/previews2003.htm

...Atmosfear has once again proved that melodic progressive metal is alive and well, and can still be fun while being complex at the same time. The band has certainly matured since the EP days of 1997, and their performance here shows that the band is continuing to hone their skills, and that success and a monster disc are in the future for certain. Fans of melodic progressive metal will love what Atmosfear has to offer, and I only hope that (6) years do not pass by until we are treated to another disc.
www.progpower.de/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=580

...After playing this album every day for two weeks, it still is not wearing out, on the contrary I enjoy it more with each new spin. Atm0sfear plays complex metal in the vein of Dream Theater mixed with some Iron Maiden influences, complex enough to keep it interesting but without getting too complex in a way that you cannot really grasp it. Although Atm0sfear is not the next progmetal revelation, this is a very good album. It would be a pity (and shame) if this band goes by unnoticed.
www.dprp.vuurwerk.nl/reviews/200347.html#atmosfear

Just when you think there is no real progressive rock or metal out there anymore, as labels tend to flood you with so-called prog releases that are more often than not just melodic metal, there comes a newcomer band that restores your faith in the genre. AtmOsfear from Northern Germany are also very melodic in their musical orientation, but they leave enough space for rhythmic excursions that make them sound different from many of their peers. The nine-minutes long epic opener Inside The Atmosphere shows the band's ability to combine melodic passages with complicated rhythms into a really long song that never sounds boring. Like an Escher drawing, the music seems superficially simple, but once you get immersed into the details, you can't stop being surprised at the ingenuity of the composition...
www.disagreement.net/reviews/atmosfear_insidetheatmosphere.html

...You get ten musical revelries in new and exciting garments, highly individual and very well performed. Everybody in the band is a virtuoso and shows his skills, but it's the band performance that counts, and they know it. Correspondingly, all tunes are very sophisticated compositions, not at least just a musical background for solo escapades. There are strong vocals, varied drums, a very skilful (and sometimes very fast) guitar, an elegant and shrewd bass guitar, and, of course, symphonic keyboards of the finest kind. As all tunes show a very high quality I don't want to speak of standouts. But one tune has to be especially emphasized: it's the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby"...
www.btinternet.com/~moderndance/germany.htm

...Two things standout from the get go with “Inside The Atmosphere”. First, the band has not forgotten or slanted the listener with the “Metal” part of Progressive Metal. There is plenty of heaviness to go along with lengthy, interestingly structured songs and occasional bouts of instrumental flash. Second, as mentioned the songs are lengthy and usually feature differentiating parts and sections plenty, but they never seem to lose focus and go into all out masturbatory territory. This is certainly a good thing with the shortest song topping the five-minute mark and all of the others ranging from over six-minutes to 12-plus. “Inside The Atmosphere” also sonically sounds great, but anyone at all familiar with any of ProgRock Records’ releases should already expect that...
www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=12067