From Santiago, Chile, PROJECTOR dedicates itself to the genre Melodic Death Metal, providing us this year with their new release, "Between The Nature And Ego." First and foremost, the album hits you like a mesmerizing sound-wave. It envelops you such that you become engrossed, or at the very least, digests nicely. "Between The Nature And Ego" is a quality melo-death album that is "culminating," melodious and attentively thorough it its melo-death sound. A dive straight into the seas of melo-death, "Killing The True" is not shy. We hear the guitars kick the door open, and the vocals that guide us through the chugging and melodies - deep and throaty. A tremendous start. "Anima Mundi" has a to die for solo, the melody progresses to a shredded and fast past solo of itself, and leads out back into its usual bread and butter melody. It keeps the nice slides and culminates through to its high notes, something tasty and sweet to hear, yet balanced with the mandatory rhythmic riffing.

As the songs on the album progress, the soundings of morphology are maintained, yet the wonderful and delectable change sin melody really grasp ones attention. There is a pumping out, a melody generator that is commendable. All if these melodies sound different in their own right. "Li[f]e" has that little acoustic part, but it is not aggregate to the sound. It in fact surprises us with a second half song that is unique, with a maintained energy captivating our attention and prescribing it with immersion.

"They All Will Fall" ends the album with that energy and momentum it began with. It is brilliant when we hear the two guitars join in a melody. It is not a battle but rather a dance of delicate, and flowing tunes full of emotion that balances the "death" in melo-death. It seems like a ying yang affair, if I am to put it in an non-artful way!  In terms of this albums flow, it has been arranged well. The album retains a balance, a kind of three act structure, the beginning, middle and end being climactic. Forty four minutes encapsulated in 9 tracks pass by unnoticed. Enjoyable, within the constraints of its genre, great sound, admirable and delectable melodies - kind of lack a verve or something that was "stunning."

It does not need it, but the nagging thought was there. If it can do that, then PROJECTOR'S "Between the Nature And Ego," certainly has the quality of a masterpiece.