ARTIST: Robyn Ferguson
ALBUM NAME: Alizarin
RELEASE DATE: 16 April 2019
COUNTRY: South Africa
CITY: Pretoria
GENRE: Instrumental Music
While Alizarin is not necessarily a concept album, all the songs tie together musically and have shared themes that take you through the flow of her life and self-discovery. She says, “The overall inspiration comes from pondering alternate lives and concepts of time constraints that I’ve been questioning a lot lately. What is reality truly? So I’ve pulled a lot from the times I’ve let my mind wonder.” As a reviewer, I can definitely say that Feruson has hit the nail on the head in terms of expressing through music the various ups and downs of one’s own journey to find what reality truly is. The four songs on here are soulful, mesmerising and well thought out to the point of being more than just music, but an art piece – an idea that comes full circle with the historic use of Alizarin. I was quite surprised that the music was not as chaotic as Adorned in Ash, to be honest. It’s a great breath of fresh air that any metal lover across the spectrum of genres can appreciate. What makes this recording even more inspiring is that she wrote and recorded all the parts herself and designed all the artwork. The only outside help came from Clinton Watts who helped with the mixing and mastering.