1. The Crossing
2. Half Mast
3. Desensitized
4. Draco Vibration
5. Black Ribbon
6. Magdalene
7. Currents
8. Travesty As Usual
9. Coffin Lily
10. Sons Of Kings
11. The Deprogramming Of Tom Delay

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Deytero album gia tous The Hidden Hand, ena apo ta polla project tou megalou Scott “Wino” Weinrich. To ntempouto tous “Divine Propaganda” htan apsogo deigma Wino oriented heavy metal, dhladh Sabbathika riffs, elafrws epirroes apo tis pio arxidates nwobhm stigmes, kai merika akatanomasta. Touto dw, einai ARKETA diaforetiko kai apo to proigoumeno The Hidden Hand, kai apo otidhpote exei kanei o Wino genika.
O monos koinos paragontas einai ta Sabbathika riffs ta opoia omws den prwtagwnistoun mona tous. Twra exoun parea polla prwtognora gia Wino stoixeia, ta opoia profanws erxontai apo kryfes tou mousikes kavles. Mallon eprepe na vrei tous swstous synergates gia na ekfrastei kai peran twn aysthrwn sabbathikwn plaisiwn pou xe thesei ston eayto tou.
Apla loipon to “Mother Teacher Destroyer” einai to pio plousio mousika kai polypoikilo album pou exei ftiaksei o Wino. Isws epeidi den egrapse ola ta tragoudia monos tou, afou se merika th synthetikh ypografh exei olo to group. Exei tragoudia arketa psagmena synthetika, me anorthodokses domes gia to “eidos”, apolaystiko hxhtiko plouralismo kai ateleiwto (kai oxi “ametrhton”) mousiko vathos gia orgasmikes vouties.
Ayth th fora to VAROS exei pesei sthn atmosfaira, ayth exei ton kyrio logo kai oxi h porwsh tou ntempoutou. Apo olo to album anadyetai ena tromero feeling pou se stoixionei kanonika, kai se parasyrei apolyta sto tripaki tou - pleon vriskw elaxistous diskous na to katafernoun ayto. Einai HEAVY kyriws oson afora thn atmosfaira kai to APISTEYTO mood pou sou metadidei. O hxos tis kitharas apomakrynetai (ligo) apo tin karametal paramorfwsh tou "Divine Propaganda" kai ginetai pio 70s oriented kai liiiigo pio fuzz-y. Genika ta kommatia ksefeygoun syxna me apolyta epitiximeni, minimalistika peiramatikh diathesh enw fysika kai de leipei to groove stoixeio pou apogeionei ta panta.
Sth mousikh exoume kallisteia empneysmenwn idewn entelws. Peran twn klassika foverwn kai tromerwn riffs pou proskynoun ton Iommi, ayth th fora h 6xordh agaphmenh tou Wino paizei psyxedelikes melwdiares, ftiaxnei ypnotikes atmosfaires analoges kraut rock sygkrothmatwn kai xrhsimopoiei perierges paramorfoseis pou me ti voithia samples, kanoun to akousma trellh empeiria. Eidikh mneia prepei na ginei ston mpasista tou group, o opoios tragoudaei se merika kommatia kai exei kataplhktikh fwnh pou se shmeia thymizei Lee Dorrian. Afhste pou gemizei apsoga ta kommatia opou prepei, kai polles fores paizei kati gamatous rythmous enw ta drums varane allou gi’allou kai I kithara ksefeygei solarontas. A KAI ta solos einai kai ayta apo ta kalytera pou xei grapsei o Wino.
Synolika ayto to album einai isws h poiotikoterh douleia pou exei kanei o Wino. Nai kserw pws akougetai ayto gia enan mousiko pou exei kykloforisei tosa magika albums me diafora group, alla den ta paralew. Enw syndeei diaforetikous hxous, exei kathara prwtotypo yfos. Proteinetai se OLOUS (sxedon).