Each artist that survives for at least a while eventually reaches a pivotal point in their career, and that’s where Shinzon are at with their brand new record MIMIC. The new ten-track offering is their most ambitious and elaborate recording yet, an album they took their time writing and composing. It was a thorough process, but not overdone, with each song featuring a certain rawness with a progressive rock quality and some distortion thrown in for good measure. Explaining the record’s origins, bassist and singer Storm Angone states: “Our album MIMIC was conceived before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and grew through tumultuous circumstances. I feel this collection of songs addresses the theme of ‘change as a constant’ from a multitude of angles. How the world around us has changed in...