Artist : Dizzy Mizz Lizzy

Album : Alter Echo

Release Date : 20-03-2020

Added : 16-04-2020

The Danes of 'Dizzy Mizz Lizzy' had been returned in 2016 with a new album 'Forward In Reverse' and its successor 'Alter Echo' was released in late March 2020, 2017 having seen the release of a live 'Livegasm!'. This new opus marks another evolution because, as much as 'Forward In Reverse' marked a return in a hard-rock direction, 'Alter Echo' is much more turned towards a style mixing rock and stoner with relatively slow tempos and heavier tones. but also, they offer us a suite of 5 titles which add a dose of progressive with a nice variety between each part.

Then, the album is made up of two parts, with, first of all, 5 classic titles: the instrumental 'The Ricochet', which rises slowly in fairly monotone tones serves as an introduction to 'In The Blood' which sets the scene for a heavy rock in a slow tempo with a simple melody but which easily fits in your head, then, 'Boy Doom' continues in this direction but with a more speed tempo and influences with sounds of the 70s. With 'The Middle', change of scenery for a magnificent semi-acoustic ballad rolling out a beautiful melody reminiscent of 'Barclay James Harvest', the guitar tones also bringing us back a few decades back with 'Led Zeppelin' and 'California Rain' ends the first part on a heavier note. Regarding the second part, 'Amelia', the 5 compositions are one and each brings something different alternating peaceful and vigorous atmospheres with a melodic theme that is kept throughout the title : 'Nothing They Do They Do Nothing' introduces this long development into serenity, the acoustic guitar beautifully accompanying the melancholic singing of 'Tim Christensen', then 'The Path Of Least Existence' hardens the tone and deploys an energetic hard-rock with a catchy melody and 'Lights Out' returns to a calmer climate in the form of a beautiful semi-acoustic ballad which drives to the powerful 'All Saints Are Sinners' which somehow serves as end for the previous title, and we let ourselves be carried away by this addictive chorus which is repeated several times before handing over to the instrumental 'Alter Echo' which ends this series remarkably, the acoustic guitar and strings ensemble bringing an intense emotion in the finale in which come vaporous voices.

In summary, the Danes of 'Dizzy Mizz Lizzy' offer us an original album showing us that they have more than one string to their bow and 'Alter Echo' contains a lot of different ingredients which intends it, beyond the historical fans, for an audience who likes a varied progressive while remaining easy to access thanks to beautiful simple but effective lines...

Line Up / Musicians

Tim Christensen (Guitar, Vocal), Martin Nielsen (Bass), Søren Friis (Drums)