Antimatter's latest album entitled "Lights Out" is a mellow, dark and ambient album. The album emiited vibes of Pink Floyd crossed with a modern gothic sound. The music is mysterious and depressing, while at the same time remaining angelic.

The album is non-conventional in several ways. The vocals feature the duet of both a male and a female voice which contributes to both the atmosphere of the album, as well as emitting a full sounding vocal track. Dual vocals also added to the impact, or dynamic, of the music. It's often the little things, like a back-up vocal line, that help push albums to the next level.

The music itself often reminded me of mellow Agalloch...sort of a dark folk feel. With the intelligent use of keyboards and other instruments (wood block for instance), I found that they contributed significantly to the dark tone of the album. I'm not a big fan of the "sampled sound", which you would find in techno/trance music, but on this album it works well and compliments the more traditonal sounds of piano. I quess what I'm getting at is that the mix of traditional and modern intruments offers a certain "push-pull" vibe that I could appreciate...even though I'm pretty much a purist (relatively speaking) when it comes to instruments and music.

"Lights Out" is a respectable album that isn't metal, but emits the darkness often found in metal. In the right frame of mind, this album is an experience. This album would just about put me to sleep nine out of ten times, but that tenth time is pretty cool.

The production is as good as one can expect and everything is very precise and professional. In fact, it's one of the better sounding albums I've heard this year. If you dig the ambient folk/goth scene, then this is a solid buy.