Hailing from Helsinki, Finland’s southern capital Montage comes at us with an album encrusted in nine tracks that serve up Finland’s history from the Stone Age to the Modern Age through a variety of different tones that carry the record from start to Finnish! Formed in 2011 the band released their debut record in 2014 with gigs in their homeland, The Netherlands, Estonia and Russia to bright and promising reviews. In 2015 the band replaced their vocalist and began work on this record at Taajuusvarjostin Studios in Helsinki with a fresh outlook and diving head first in to the pool of sound that they unearthed and bathed in for this album to bring us their BIG wall of sound. Montage has delivered and given us an album that is truly as grand as their sound is and if this is a forerunner to what is next it’s absolutely enticing and mouth watering to say the least! They have brought their “A” Game to this album and I can only commend them to keep it up as they continue to pursue their musical journey. They hold their influences proudly in check and never let them be taken away by where they are from by embracing their roots and culture to the hilt. Well done Montage, well done indeed. Enjoy
