The third album from this US band.
The band was a quintet with a lineup of percussion, drums, bass, cello, guitars, hammond organ, mellotron, piano, synths and vocals.
Their debut album The Light was one of the best ever debut albums in the progressive rock genre. The follow up album Beware Of Darkness was not that great.
In short, I wondered which ones of Spock's Beard would shop up on this album.
The music is still epic symphonic prog. Epic US symphonic prog, that is.
The music is a mix of Kansas, Gentle Giant, Cathedral, Yes and Genesis. Most of all, the band has now got their own sound.
The songs are shorter and more punchy this time around.
There is a lot more themes on this album and all of them are really great. Epic, bombastic themes, that is.
There are also some pastoral pieces of music here, performed with some really great vocals.
In short, this is another great album from a great band. A band now announcing their take over of the scene...... Well, they are among the five best bands n the scene.
4 points
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