For the past ten years Evergrey succeeded to make an event from the releasing of their new albums. ”Torn" has the honor to be made after masterpieces such as "In Search of Truth" and "The Inner Circle" and now we can not miss the chance to have great expectations about it. The newborn CD of the Swedes, I admit, didn’t justify all of my expectations, but also didn’t disappoint me a lot. It is like a logical continuation of "Monday Morning Apocalypse", but at the same time a better version of it. Everybody will estimate his opinion if it is good or bad, but these musicians started to work in a line where the surprises are not big, but they continue to add a specific charm to their albums. And although the times from the end of the past century can not be returned, the spirit of the things already made by Evergrey from these years is still alive. The heavy rhythm riffs and the apocalyptic musical pictures, so typical for the EverGrey, are here again. There are also well-known parts from the past, but the structure of the songs is again multilayered and gives many reasons for thinking. The lyrics are again throwing us in the depths of the human emotions which are always different – from fear and passion to enthusiasm and hope. Excellent heavy songs, proper for a “best of Evergrey”, are "Fear", "Fail" and "Numb". The notable fascination, which was held in every album regarding the general conception connecting the songs, is in "Torn", too. And I should mention that at the self-titled composition the voice of Tom Englung is wonderfully represented. It is irrefutable – he is the face of the band and he again succeeds to build, layer by layer, the atmosphere of the CD. Let me stop with the praises. "Torn" is a good album, but not “unique”, “insane” and “tremendous”. If you want something like that, please, search in the past of the band’s discography. However, it’s a proper piece for the fifth, which I’m waiting again in Sofia.