Retrogressive modern

Yes - Muse sound megalomaniac, and who thus is struggling, or who therefore can not stand even the queen should always be of Muse hands plates. But who believes the rock can be great opera also, pathos must include and should and who is on the big sound that is with especially The 2nd Law` have his joy (but with the 3 predecessor albums).

They're also on their 6th album no secret of their Queen hero worship, but that's OK; first because Matthew Bellamy the vocal range and the vokalistischen skills has to enter into Mercury's footsteps, secondly because, in spite of the mood moderate similarity have their own sound and thirdly because you compose original and new songs. That what had been hoped for by Queen with, The Cosmos Rocks` so (but anyway never really believed it) you create here with ease - opulent symphonic rock songs stylistic Anyway think outside the box.

Already the opener impressed with, Supremacy` succeed an archetypal and drying Bond song - and failed at this task are indeed in recent years, both Chris Cornell and Jack White with Alicia Keys (Madonna anyway). The yearning, Madness` with discreet Dance Groove is then indeed, nur` electro-pop, but what synth-pop epigones of the new century can already come up with such a good melody?

The riding on a dry funk rhythm, Panic Station` is still a rock song and one of the fastest catchy this disc. The solo guitar part does not get bored with herumgefudle but is perfect in the track hieingepasst.

The short, Prelude` then sounds like a good score from a track - so there he is again - Bond film and is the prelude to the great opera, Survival` (including operas backing vocals.) Which then erupts in great dramatic rock - against end even some metal has arrived here. As much pathos in it, but this composition does that too.

Also, Follow Me 'has but a dramatic melody is like a dance-heavy electro-pop track arranged that one could imagine such also by the Killers and that's why he is - despite the catchy tune qualities - in fact the weakest song of this album, only: almost all other representatives of the genre would be a song as well lick the fingers.

Playful rhythm and a subtle something sinister emotionality characterize then, Animals` before it goes off again towards Queen: Explorers` makes the best piano borne Queen ballads all honor - a beautiful, very delicate piece, discreetly and sensitively sung and accompanied with tasteful strings ( Mercury would surely have brought his falsetto for use with such a track, but it's good that it just Bellamy does here). After that we will again danceable because, Big Freeze` is supported by a rocking guitars radio Lick; that sounds not unlike U2 - when they were still able to write decent songs. Pretty here - like it even in this straight track by creating loud and quiet passages to create tension and dynamics.

Bassist Wolstenholme controls with, Save Me 'and, Liquid State` then not only 2 songs at, but also takes the same lead vocals. Although these tracks do not quite reach the quality of Bellamy compositions zoom, but fit well into the rest of the disc and, Liquid State` rocking pretty (with a slightly different sound, one could think this almost to the Manics).

The conclusion is the 2teilige 2nd Law Suite and then let Muse then, here are the electronics neatly come to the fore, without forgetting but this rock on it. Pretty bombastic and classic starting mutated with strings and choirs, Unsustainable` close to extending Industrial track and you can actually listen to seamlessly Trent Reznor's soundtrack to The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo`. , Isolated System` increases on a piano lick loop built on strings and house beat until then the piano stands alone again, and the whole in the second half is repeated once more with other arrangements.

, The 2nd Law` is a backward-looking modern pop-rock album, which - compared with the early works of the band - not even trying to be prog, but it does not have to, because it is majestic and sublime - you have to stop only be willing to engage in the great opera. But then it will be found - an impressive were Muse never before. A brief word to the sound: absolutely buy the vinyl here - that's better to classes when the compressed CD output at the one located in the separation of instruments tw. real hard time. And this music demands the best possible sound.