Shimmering curtains and neosymphonics are lovely, glorified even, in opening /title track Eternal Angel, which revels in luxuriant sweeps of assorted faux instrumentation (occasionally tangled with words?). When Descensus Averni falls into a less-angelic mode, the drop is tangible; though even in these nether regions of chants, bells, tribal drums and sinuous synths, dark beauty beckons. Brassy rays beam through a cloudborne choir when Azrael Tear twinkles into existence... the effected whispers of a devil's tongue cut through the male voices and radiant chords. Gentle reedsounds, birdsong and pattering tones fill Dana and the Field of Sunflowers with the expected sweetness, while On The Shore of Hell (7:32) slips more subtly toward the anticipated Hellishness... somber harp strings open, though grey winds, wicked femme laughs and distorted voices begin to encroach, swallowed into a chasmic space of mist-shrouded musicality. Cherubim Dance throws in a few different moves, like adding electric guitar tunefulness to a gauzey electronic waltz. The swirling e-choruses of The Gift are further adorned with enticing piano wanderings. With kettledrums booming below, Eternal Ending (2:46) rises and spreads in synthetic splendor from which you can practically feel the warmth... not really the ending though, as bonus track Lycanthrope 2001 howls in with a surprising blast of dancefloor energy attacking its darktronic moods. A labor of love, obviously constructed with care, Eternal Angel soars with synth-powered grandeur of epic emotiveness. Some listeners may find Psicodreamics' palette overly-laden with new-age colors and styles though. Personally, it's all just too darned heavenly for my world! Still a B for such nice self-produced work
