Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Tompox - Hungarian Eclectic (2012)

The debut album from this band from Hungary.

The band was a quintet with a lineup of drums, percussion, bass, guitars, keyboards and flute.

A handful of guests provided congas, guitars and vocals.

This is the Solaris bass player Tamas Pocs side project and the band has released three albums. All of them are up for reviews this month in this blog.

The music is mostly instrumental with the exception from a decent version of King Crimson's classic song Epitaph. 

The music here is a mix of progressive rock, progressive metal, neo-classical music and fusion.

ELP, Camel and Dream Theater springs to mind here. 

The music is not particular interesting though as it is a bit run-of-the-mill instrumental rock. The music is dynamic though and the band showcases a lot of promise. There is nothing that sets this album and indeed this band apart and that is why this is a decent album and nothing more than that.

2 points



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