Its eighth album, The Fall of a Rebel Angel, was released on November 2016.Enigma has sold over 8.5 million RIAA-certified albums in the US and an estimated 70 million worldwide with over 100 gold and platinum certifications. Seven Lives Many Faces (2008) followed and contained a mixture of classical and modern elements ranging from ethnic chants to rap and dubstep influences. This evolution culminated with Voyageur (2003), its fifth and more pop-based album, and A Posteriori (2006), a work inspired by the future collision between the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, with distinct operatic tones and an electronic spectrum closer to Voyageur than the earlier releases. Enigma's fourth album The Screen Behind the Mirror (2000) started a slight departure from the previous world music themes towards a heavier electronic atmosphere. The first was The Cross of Changes (1993), which incorporated tribal and ethnic influences and sold over 8 million copies worldwide, followed by Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! (1996), which blended together the Gregorian chants reminiscent from the first album and the strong intercultural soundscapes present in the second.
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with a series of albums that involved several musicians and producers working with Cretu. According to Cretu, the inspiration for the creation of the project came from his desire to make a kind of music that did not obey "the old rules and habits" and presented a new form of artistic expression with mystic and experimental components.Enigma followed MCMXC a.D. The album remains Enigma's biggest, helped by the international hit single, "Sadeness (Part I)", which sold 12 million units alone. (1990), with contributions from David Fairstein and Frank Peterson. He recorded the first Enigma studio album, MCMXC a.D. Cretu had released several solo records, collaborated with various artists, and produced albums for his then wife, German pop singer Sandra, before he conceived the idea of a New Age, Worldbeat project.
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"Stars Misaligned" also features a powerful, detailed, and professional sounding production, so upon conclusion the EP features many high quality elements. The adventurous nature of the material doesn´t have effect on the power nor on the impact of the music, so while you can certainly immerse yourself in the technical playing and the progressive details, the music doesn´t feel calculated and the band skillfully manage to deliver a brutal assault on the ears to make your head bang. "Stars Misaligned" is generally quite an adventurous release and the tracks on the EP feature interesting structures and lots of progressive ideas.
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The EP features 5 tracks and a full playing time of 28:31, which is a good length in terms of getting to know Enigma´s sound. More than once during the playing time I´m reminded of a more progressive oriented and technical The Black Dahlia Murder. Stylistically the material on "Stars Misaligned" is technical/progressive death metal with both deep intelligible growling and high pitched screaming.
Enigma is a five-piece on this EP consisting of Dan Saltzman (Bass), Harley Blandford (Drums), Ryan McNatt, (Guitars), Byron Leon (Guitars), Petr Oplatka (Vocals). The EP was released independently in July 2016. Enigma was formed in 2014 and "Stars Misaligned" is the band´s first release. "Stars Misaligned" is an EP release by US, San Jose, California based death metal act Enigma.