The one and only album from this band from Norway.
The band was a quartet with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars, keyboards and vocals.
This is a review of the original version of this album. Please note that this album comes in various different versions. That includes a DVD with a gig and two demos of demos and left over tracks.
The band was active between 1986 and 1990. The band later released a demo, then the demo on a CD (the one I am reviewing) and finally a big box as described over. Confusing ? Oh yeah.
The music was sold to me as symphonic prog. That is not really what I get here. Maybe there are symphonic prog on the box, but there are nothing here.
I was also told this is a hidden gem and one who should be re-released again. A re-release is in order, yes. A hidden gem ? Nope.
The music is a mix of heavy metal and heavy prog. The final seventeen minutes long epic has some pastoral progressive rock stuff and is the highlight of the album.
The vocals are pretty good. They are at least muscular and fits the music.
The sound is not particular good. There is still enough good stuff here to keep the listener interested. A re-release of this album, complete with a proper cleanup, is in order.
2 points
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