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Eternal Deformity - Frozen Circus (Code 666) Review by Steve Green
Having started 15 years ago as a Doom band, Poland's Eternal Deformity are now the purveyors of crazy fucked up circus music, well that's the concept at least. I guess it's just a theme to try and make them standout in the crowd. Forget the attempts at the circus lark, because if you want crazy, then go and track down the Lunatic Gods from Slovakia. When you strip away the band names: Announcer on Vocals (obviously), Juggler on drums, Illusionist on Keyboards etc... and the occasional dip into fairground music, you are left with the shell of what they really are. A solid Rock/Progressive/Avantgarde/Metal, whatever you want to call them, band. There's a nice dark edge to everything and I think

overall, there's no need for this Metal Circus crap as the band don't fit onto that image anyway. This is more comparable to their fellow countrymen Riverside, with a gothic slant that veers into more symphonic environments. I prefer the darker, more moody material such as Little 15, which a gothic masterpiece in the making, especially the keyboards, from our friend, Illusionist. I also like the symphonic, blacker tones, but only when they flow in a uniform way. The downside is when they tend to drift in and out of different styles. For example: The softer approach doesn't work on Crime, but the more bombastic parts of the song do. So a little more cohesion is called for in places.
Don't believe the hype on this one. Eternal Deformity are far from the "Circus Metal" act they are marketed as. Sure there are the occasional flourishes, but this is far from being a new, exciting genre.
Frozen Circus is a good album in its own right and enjoy it for that, and that alone.