Greensleeves are an impressive Brazilian progressive metal band, The Elephant Truth is a concept release, as "The songs tell, nonlinearly and abstractly, the mental journey of a man in a coma", and the CD itself is a long release of many parts. I have to say I was very impressed with the amount of information supplied with this release, as many of the promos we are supplied with tend to lack any relevant information about the albums that we are tasked to review.
Founded all the way back in 1993, this is actually Greensleeves' first full length release, and the lineup is that of vocalist Gui Nogueira, guitarists Victor Schmidlin and Cķcero Baggio, Joćo Koerner on the bass and their drummer is Marlon Marquis. Greensleeves influences are listed as Queensr’che, Dream Theater, Fates Warning, Rush, Pagan's Mind, Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath.
The Elephant Truth displays many changes, brief opener and introduction to this tale "The Coward's Refuge" is followed by the metal tones of "Parasites In Paradise". Bass player Joao Koerner kicks off more metal with "Fight My Fire"; "Out Of Reality" is also a stirring track, with Victor and Cicero whipping up some blazing solos. "Recipes for the Greatest Lie" features some of the The Elephant Truth's heaviest riffs. There are too many tracks on here to go through in detail, but there are no fillers so to speak, as all the parts come together nicely.
Greensleeves spent a lot of time on this release, and it was time well spent, as The Elephant Truth is a notable CD.
Track list:
1. The Coward's Refuge
2. Parasites in Paradise
3. Fight my Fire
4. Not so long
5. Comeback to Myself
6. Exit
7. Touch of Wind
8. Out of Reality
9. Invisible Man
10. Time Should Be an Ally
11. Introspection
12. Crisis
13. Best Friends
14. The Blind Men and the Elephant
15. Blind by Choice
16. Recipes for the Greatest Lie
17. Engineers of the Day
18. Flood
19. Red Ocean
20. Passage
21. Epiphany
22. The Sentence
23. The Coward's Refuse
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