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2016 Aardschok (NL)
2016 Background Mag (NL)
2016 BDP Metal (Ind)
2016 Blauen Seiten (GER)

2016 Bravewords (CAN)
2016 EMP (GER)

2016 Flight of Pegasus (GR)

2016 Festival Info (NL)
2016 IO Pages (NL)
2016 Keys & Chords (NL)

2016 Lords of Metal (NL)
2017 MennovonBruckenfock.nl
2016 Music Maker (NL)

2016 Metal & Oddities (FR)
2016 Music In Belgium (B)

2016 Musika (B)
2016 Metalfan (NL)
2016 Metal Blood (IT)
2016 Metal Factory (SW)
2016 Neoprog (FR)
2016 Obliveon (GER)

2016 Power of Metal (DK)

2016 Progwereld (NL)
2016 Powerplay (UK)

2016 Progrock (CAN)

2016 PitKings (NL)

2016 Prog Archives (CAN)
2016 Rockhard (GER)
2016 Rock 'n Roll Monuments (GR)
2016 Rockmuzine (NL)
2016 Rock Tribune (B)
2016 Snoozecontrol (B)
2016 StreetClip TV (GER)
2016 True Metal (IT)
2016 WeekendProg (NL)
2016 White Room (NL)
2016 Wings Of Death (NL)
2016 Zware Metalen (NL)




This is a total overview of all written reviews in the international media on Cirrha Niva's album: Out of the Freakshow,!

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"‘First-rate theatrical progressive metal’, the compositions show courage and quality" - MennovonBruckenfock.nl (NL)
"This album will rank high in my 'Best album' yearlist" - Wings Of Death (NL)
"...all the best bits of progressive rock and metal from the past four decades into one album" - Weekendprog (NL)

"It's a good album" - Background Mag (NL)
"With every spin the album reveals more of it's secrets" - Musika (B)
Rating: 7,5 out of 10"Exciting soundscapes between Pain Of Salvation & Psychotic Waltz" - Rockhard (GER)

Rating: 95 out of 100 "It’s Abstract everywhere" - BDP Metal (Indonesia)
Rating: 8 out of 10 "The Netherlands' best kept secret" - Bravewords (CAN)
Not rated: "This record deserves a chance. We are impressed. Deeply impressed." - Snoozecontrol (B)
Rating: 8 out of 10 "Mehr als nur für 90s-Prog-Affiniciados, sondern ebenso für solche von heute." - StreetClip TV (GER)
Not rated: "Out Of The Freakshow is an excellent album!" – Progwereld (NL)
Rating: 8,1 out of 10 "It doesn’t get boring for one second!" - PitKings (NL)
Rating: 6,5 out of 10 "Perfectly representative of the genre" - Progrock (CAN)

Not rated "I'm overwhelmed - Best of 2016" - Rock 'n Roll Monuments (GR)

Rating: TIP "Splendit Achievement" - IO Pages (NL)

Rating: 7 out of 8 "A top-notch performance" - Powerplay Magazine (UK)
Rating: 8 out of 10 "Prog advanced" - Zware Metalen (NL)

Rating: 4,5 out of 5 "This album proves that Cirrha Niva is one of the better bands in the Netherlands" - Festival Info (NL)

Rating: 7,5 out of 10 "If you liked their 2009 album, you certainly will like this too" - Metal Blood (IT)

Rating: 78 out of 100 "More progressive, more theatrical, more adventurous" - Aardschok (NL)

Rating: 8 out of 10 "Like good prog should be: challenging & rewarding" - Rock Tribune (B)

Rating: 3 out of 4 "This album will appeal to a wide range of fans in the pogmetalgenre" - Music Maker (NL)

Rating: 8,5 out of 10 Album Of The Week - "Turn up the volume and play it loud" - Rockmuzine (NL)
Rating: 9 out of 10 "Spin after spin the album is getting better and better" - Power of Metal (DK)

Rating: 84 out of 100 "Out of the Freakshow was more than worth the wait" - Lords of Metal (NL)

Rating: 80 out of 100 "A small masterpiece" - True Metal (IT)

Rating: 8 out of 10 “Spannend, abwechslungsreich und sehr hörenswert" - Metal Factory (SW)

Rating: 8 out of 10 "An album to cherish" - Obliveon (GER)

Rating: 4 out of 5 "A thoroughly enjoyable album that I expect to give plenty of spins" - Prog Archives (CAN)

Rating: 4 out of 5 "Damn fucking good" - Music In Belgium (B)
Not rated "This fourth album will rank alongside the greatest achievements in history" - Metal & Oddities (FR)

Rating: 10 out of 15 "Aggression und Direktheit des Heavy Metal mit den Feinheiten von Prog" - Blauen Seiten (GER)
Not rated "Filigrain and thrilling songs" - EMP (GER)

Not rated "Holland at it's best" - White Room (NL)

Not rated "Detailled" - Flight of Pegasus (GR)