Idmen (album)

IDMEN
Studio album by Indukti
Released	July 24, 2009
Genre	Progressive metal
Length	63:16
Label	InsideOut Music [1]
Producer	Indukti/W.Kozłowski
Indukti chronology
S.U.S.A.R. (2004) IDMEN (2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Sputnikmusic	[2]
USA Progressive Music	[3]

IDMEN is the second full-length album by the Polish rock band Indukti.

Album is a metaphorical tale of human struggle with destiny, faith, daily life, nature and himself. The album's title is taken from mermaids' song from XII Book of Homer's Odyssey and means "we know" or "we've seen":

ἴδμεν γάρ τοι πάνθ' ὅσ' ἐνὶ Τροίῃ εὐρείῃ
Ἀργεῖοι Τρῶές τε θεῶν ἰότητι μόγησαν,
ἴδμεν δ', ὅσσα γένηται ἐπὶ χθονὶ πουλυβοτείρῃ.^[4]

(For we know all the toils that in wide Troy
the Argives and Trojans endured through the will of the gods,
and we know all things that come to pass upon the fruitful earth.)^[5]

The song Tusan Homichi Tuvota, sung and with lyrics by Nils Frykdahl from Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, is based on an old Hopi tale transcribed by Edward A. Kennard and Albert Yava, and published in 1944 by the Education Division of the United States Indian Service.^[6]

The album cover contains a painting by Justyn Parafianowicz

Track listing

1. "Sansara" - 8:12
2. "Tusan Homichi Tuvota" (feat. Nils Frykdahl) - 9:03
3. "Sunken Bell" - 2:29
4. "...and Who's the God Now?!" (feat. M. Taff) - 10:25
5. "Indukted" - 6:51
6. "Aemaet" - 8:25
7. "Nemesis Voices" (feat. M. Luginbuehl) - 6:19
8. "Ninth Wave" - 11:32

Personnel

• Maciej Jaskiewicz – guitar
• Ewa Jabłońska – violin
• Wawrzyniec Dramowicz – drums
• Andrzej Kaczynski – bass
• Piotr Kocimski – guitar/saz

Guest musicians

• Nils Frykdahl – vocal
• Maciej Taff – vocal
• Michael Luginbuehl – vocal
• Marta Maślanka – dulcimer
• Robert Majewski – trumpet

References

1. "InsideOut Music Release Info". www.insideout.de. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
2. Elijah A IDMEN review Retrieved on 2009-11-13.
3. Antoniu, Eduard IDMEN review Retrieved on 2009-11-12.
4. "Homer, Odyssey, Book 12, line 153". Retrieved 2015-01-22.
5. "Classical E-Text: HOMER, ODYSSEY 12". Retrieved 2009-11-13.
6. "Field Mouse Goes To War". Retrieved 2009-11-12.