I know that when something that is awkward and peculiar is on the verge to hit, usually the first action is to back away. However, when it comes to weird things in Metal music, it can be downright interesting. Under the clout of Progressive Extreme or melodic dark Metal, the Mexican trio of DIES IRAE, are the next thing close to creepy. Featuring elements taken from Gothic and Doom Metal, the band present their new album following the intoxicating title of "Secret Veils Of Passion".

The one thing that I admire about DIES IRAE is that they have been following their own musical path. Although there are a few similarities to NINE INCH NAILS, electronic era of PARADISE LOST and the psychedelic nature of PINK FLOYD, the material showcased here has the means to be recognized as ingenuous and quite original. Throughout the album there is unevenness that is fairly massive, especially with the constant shifts between Metal and Rock genres that might indicate of the mood changes. DIES IRAE made sure that there will be relaxation in their material but also harsher moments in the vein of modern, speedy Death / Thrash outbreaks to the side of a few strong solos and diverse vocals. In general, I believe that anyone reading this would probably wonder why I had to rate this album the way I did if I conjured that it was that special.

Truth be told, I think that "Secrets Veils Of Passion" is different and special than most of anything going on today, yet it lacked order that is even needed when attempting to outline chaos because even chaos is a sort of order. When I noticed that the drums were the cause of programming I had no problems with that as some of the better albums are involved with the same. However, several songs here displayed moments of annoying drum arrangements that some even sounded off beat. Moments like these made me feel a huge sense of miss. The same was with few of the songs' arrangements gave the impression that the lengthier tracks were divided into segments that didn't exactly have any sort of connection between them. "Hate" is one of the top mix-ups of this album, it has great potential but it is merely a collection of tunes. In the bottom line, I understand DIES IRAE's view towards the beyond of normality and inventive state of mind, but I don't believe that this album has truly presented their true worth.

Nonetheless, I also had some enjoyable period where I felt the band's great talents. "E7en", though it had its share of monotonous melodic sections, and "Fight", were equally spiritual and flamboyant. From sensations of pure relaxation to harsher electric guitar grooves, I noticed the awesome and hidden potential of what this band can actually do. DIES IRAE can reach to the far heights of Progressive Extreme Metal with their arsenal of ideas but they have got to have drummer and try to produce better arrangement to their songs.