The debut album from this band from Sweden.
The band was a quintet with a lineup of drums, percussion, bass, guitars, keyboards and vocals.
Hallas has become a much talked about band during their three albums and I wanted to find out what all this hype was about. Hence, I got these three albums for review.
The two other albums will be reviewed later this month. But it is only natural and proper to start with their debut album.
The music on this album, well concealed behind a goth/doom/heavy/death metal art-work cover, is a mix of art-rock and progressive rock.
There are some Swedish folk rock and symphonic prog influences here and they are pretty strong. The music is mostly very melodic.
Melodic and clever, indeed. Even quirky.
The vocals are good and the instruments are played without any flaws. The guitars are at times a bit jazzy. Something that adds a lot of flavour and quality to this album.
The result is a forty-five minutes long album and it is a good album too. Yes, I can understand why this band has got the tongues wagging. This is a band a bit outside the norm in the scene. And may they long live and prosper like an oddity.
3 points
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