-A fascinating, robust record filled with proggy spirit (Prog Magazine)
-Honestly? The best progrock of the last decades! (Keys and Chords)
-Elegant and intense, touching and stimulating, but also contemporary and bold (Dark Entries)
-Clock Unwound is a masterpiece in the world of progressive rock (White Room Reviews)
-…a delicious melting pot of Nordic progressive rock (ProgVisions)
-It’s been another strong year for prog rock releases, but this album stands head and shoulders above the rest (Barrie Sillars)
-For a sophomoric effort this is a masterpiece (Power of Prog)
-An irresistible mix and an album that grows and grows. Consider me impressed! (Your Music Blog)
-Very, very highly recommended indeed. Prepare to be amazed! (DPRP)
-Clock Unwound is an absolute must in the genre (Music that Needs Attention)
-Clock Unwound is an album we don’t find many of nowadays, brave, original and with longevity. Visionary rock (True Metal)
-The album is a new piece of jewelry in my ears and collection (Babyblaue Prog reviews)
-It is an elegant work of art (Rock’n’RollMonuments)
-Exciting, vibrant music with a controlled chaos rarely seen in the current progressive scene. Highly recommended (Esquina Progressive)
-A supergroup that lovers of prog rock should know about (ChileanSkies)
-…an ambitious recording by a rising talent in the Norwegian progressive rock scene (Progressive Rock Central)
-…a nice solid progressive rock piece that should please fans of the genre, new or old (DemonsZone)
–This is music that is exciting, vibrant and with a controlled chaos that is rarely heard in today’s scene (ProgArchives)
-Eleven musicians engaged in almost an hour of sublime music that spans 360 degrees in contemporary music, creating a wonderful example of progressive music (MetalEyes iYEZine)
-Top track: Resignation (Eclipsed Rock Magazine)
-Clock Unwound will certainly be part of the highlights of 2017 prog scene (ProfilProg)
-Atmospheric Scandinavian landscapes, perpetually suspended between dream and reality (HamelinProg)
-What a beautiful album! You’ll hear so many tools that you almost do not know what you hear (Esther’s Rock Blog)
-Overall the way this album works deserves praise for its maturity and skill in song writing but also the disciplined studio work (ProgRadar)
-This is really brilliant stuff (The Progressive Rock Files)
-A brief hour of melodic, grandiose prog dealing with the theme of time (Universum Noll)
-This is the epic eleven-piece retro prog band from Norway you’ve been looking for your whole life (ItGents)
-This album is a masterpiece that carefully stacks one note at a time without waste (Kakehashi Records)
-In 2015, the Norwegians already showed what they can do. Now, they add another…(BetreutesProggen)
-Gentle Knife’s 2nd album is a decisive release full of great music (Monthly Prog Notes)
-Art rock meets jazz and progressive music – “Clock Unwound” delivers another exciting product for fans of these genres to get behind (Eternal Terror)
-The record lets loose some rare prog with some stellar technically high standing jewels sprinkled across the track list (RockMusicRaider)
-Noble, unconventional prog piece! (PowerMetal)
-Clock Unwound can take its place among the contemporary greats (Richard Falk)
-One of the best album releases this year! (Utakata Rock)
-Gentle Knife themselves have never done me wrong and their second album is a dark, beautiful, and haunting release (Music From the Other Side of the Room)
-Clock Unwound has the air of the work of a band in pursuit of progressive perfection (Audiorama Blog)
-The apocalyptic outcome of the long title track will make all friends of crimsonoid prog happy. Masterpiece! (Babyblaue Seiten Prog Reviews)
-Clock Unwound is another piece of progressive near perfection from Gentle Knife (Musipedia of Metal)
-Let’s be honest: Gentle Knife are a masterpiece! Everything works here, like a fully wound clock! (MLWZ)

 

Album 1: Gentle Knife (2015)

 

Lunar Clock (2009) - Clock Unwound (2017)

Album 2: Clock Unwound (2017)

-A fascinating, robust record filled with proggy spirit (Prog Magazine)
-Honestly? The best progrock of the last decades! (Keys and Chords)
-Elegant and intense, touching and stimulating, but also contemporary and bold (Dark Entries)
-Clock Unwound is a masterpiece in the world of progressive rock (White Room Reviews)
-…a delicious melting pot of Nordic progressive rock (ProgVisions)
-It’s been another strong year for prog rock releases, but this album stands head and shoulders above the rest (Barrie Sillars)
-For a sophomoric effort this is a masterpiece (Power of Prog)
-An irresistible mix and an album that grows and grows. Consider me impressed! (Your Music Blog)
-Very, very highly recommended indeed. Prepare to be amazed! (DPRP)
-Clock Unwound is an absolute must in the genre (Music that Needs Attention)
-Clock Unwound is an album we don’t find many of nowadays, brave, original and with longevity. Visionary rock (True Metal)
-The album is a new piece of jewelry in my ears and collection (Babyblaue Prog reviews)
-It is an elegant work of art (Rock’n’RollMonuments)
-Exciting, vibrant music with a controlled chaos rarely seen in the current progressive scene. Highly recommended (Esquina Progressive)
-A supergroup that lovers of prog rock should know about (ChileanSkies)
-…an ambitious recording by a rising talent in the Norwegian progressive rock scene (Progressive Rock Central)
-…a nice solid progressive rock piece that should please fans of the genre, new or old (DemonsZone)
–This is music that is exciting, vibrant and with a controlled chaos that is rarely heard in today’s scene (ProgArchives)
-Eleven musicians engaged in almost an hour of sublime music that spans 360 degrees in contemporary music, creating a wonderful example of progressive music (MetalEyes iYEZine)
-Top track: Resignation (Eclipsed Rock Magazine)
-Clock Unwound will certainly be part of the highlights of 2017 prog scene (ProfilProg)
-Atmospheric Scandinavian landscapes, perpetually suspended between dream and reality (HamelinProg)
-What a beautiful album! You’ll hear so many tools that you almost do not know what you hear (Esther’s Rock Blog)
-Overall the way this album works deserves praise for its maturity and skill in song writing but also the disciplined studio work (ProgRadar)
-This is really brilliant stuff (The Progressive Rock Files)
-A brief hour of melodic, grandiose prog dealing with the theme of time (Universum Noll)
-This is the epic eleven-piece retro prog band from Norway you’ve been looking for your whole life (ItGents)
-This album is a masterpiece that carefully stacks one note at a time without waste (Kakehashi Records)
-In 2015, the Norwegians already showed what they can do. Now, they add another…(BetreutesProggen)
-Gentle Knife’s 2nd album is a decisive release full of great music (Monthly Prog Notes)
-Art rock meets jazz and progressive music – “Clock Unwound” delivers another exciting product for fans of these genres to get behind (Eternal Terror)
-The record lets loose some rare prog with some stellar technically high standing jewels sprinkled across the track list (RockMusicRaider)
-Noble, unconventional prog piece! (PowerMetal)
-Clock Unwound can take its place among the contemporary greats (Richard Falk)
-One of the best album releases this year! (Utakata Rock)
-Gentle Knife themselves have never done me wrong and their second album is a dark, beautiful, and haunting release (Music From the Other Side of the Room)
-Clock Unwound has the air of the work of a band in pursuit of progressive perfection (Audiorama Blog)
-The apocalyptic outcome of the long title track will make all friends of crimsonoid prog happy. Masterpiece! (Babyblaue Seiten Prog Reviews)
-Clock Unwound is another piece of progressive near perfection from Gentle Knife (Musipedia of Metal)
-Let’s be honest: Gentle Knife are a masterpiece! Everything works here, like a fully wound clock! (MLWZ)

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