The fifth album from this band from USA.
The band was a quintet with a lineup of drums, percussion, bass, guitars, keyboards and vocals.
The band had help from some narrations, female vocals and a choir.
The band was by now the biggest progressive rock band in the world and not far off the likes of Iron Maiden and Metallica when it comes to being the biggest metal band in the world.
It was therefore not a bad idea to release a seventy-seven minutes long concept album.
The music is a mix of progressive metal and symphonic rock too. The music is pretty hard and the vocals are great.
The opening symphonic prog part of this concept album, in two acts, is simply some of the best music this band has ever released.
Act one is simply great and close to being a masterpiece. OK, it is a masterpiece.
Act two is superb too but not in the same vein. Too much metal.
The end result is still a masterpiece and one of their best ever albums.
This is an album all prog heads should have.
5 points
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