UNDERWORLD

This album is a masterpiece for the band Adagio, their best album in many aspects. It is sure a great work of composition and recording. The leader of Adagio, Stephan Forte, went in Lyon (France) to record the choir for the album, to give more credit to the project of creating the ultimate symphonic metal album. Every music contains what you here in every other contemporaneous band, intro with strings, long organ bridges, solos of electric guitar and keyboard (don't forget it was made in 2003). Unfortunately, even if the listening of the album gives you a good feeling, every song took apart are not as memorable as the ensemble. There are melodies that drive the song all the way to the end. You find parts of Keyboard/guitar/bass shredding for the sake of shredding and, I'm starting to get sick of these parts...

So a Masterpiece for Adagio, for the progressive rock collection, but sometimes it looses its way with demonstration of technical virtuosity. So it is not a masterpiece of prog music because every master has its balance between virtuosity demonstration and musicality.

To conclude it worth at least one listening to make up your mind if you're a fan of symphonic metal. Underworld is a excellent addition to any collection

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