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SPARTACUS

Triumvirat

 

Symphonic Prog

3.87 | 408 ratings

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ZowieZiggy
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3 stars For their third album, "Triumvirat" returns to its roots : a trio. Not a bad idea actually. Almost the original line-up; except on bass.

The band has also tried several vocalists : Hans Pape (the original bass player which was pretty bad) on their first album; on their second one, the band will increase his team up to nine memebrs, of which no less than five were helping in the backing vocals. I believed it was a bit of an overkill for an almost all-instrumental band...

For this album, Helmut Köllen (who shared the bass already on their previous release) will hold the lead vocals. And in a rather satisfactory way. The sound, while fully ELP-ish also show some more poppish influences. But not too much and at the end of the day I quite like these parts (at least on this release).

This album is of course full in-line with their previous ones. No blunder nor weak tracks here. A very well balanced effort (maybe one weaker song "The Walls Of Doom").

My favourite songs of this album are : "The School Of Instant Pain" and "The March To The Eternal City". Strong pieces of music. Fully symphonic and bombastic. "Spartacus" is a very pleasant closing number as well. "Ther March..." is probably the closest one to the ELP spirit. Very melodious vocals and furious rhythm.

If I could, I would have rated this album with seven stars out of ten (like "Illusions On A Double Dimple "). I won't upgrade this one either to four stars. Just below; but still a pleasant album to listen to, especially if you want to increase your ELP-like music collection.

ZowieZiggy | 3/5 |

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