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Quick Edge Music

The final installment of Bowers’, as yet untitled triptych, has been eagerly anticipated since hearing Of Mary’s Blood and Transgression (parts one and two, respectively), Eternal Ghosts, continues the process of self-examination which began with those intriguing works, but ultimately completes the ‘cycle of life’, forcing us to confront that single inescapable certainty - death itself. This we are challenged to do in the light of our modern materialistically sophisticated, yet spiritually barren existence. Nowhere is this more potently evoked than in the vocal passage a minute or so into the piece, where the despairing quality of the voice gives the impression of a soul in turmoil, frantically searching for answers that will, ultimately, remain undiscovered. Interestingly, this is the antithesis of the ninth to twelfth century plainsong where the quiet tranquility of Gregorian chant was a reflection of a steadfast adherence to spiritual faith. Death was se...