DEATH WALKS BEHIND YOU

Atomic Rooster

Heavy Prog

3.86 | 367 ratings

From Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website

Mellotron Storm
Prog Reviewer

A legendary Heavy-Prog album if there ever was one. And a trio at that. These guys look so cool in the liner notes. Man you get Crane and Cann together and look out it's time to cook !

"Death Walks Behind You" opens with haunting piano lines before the guitar starts to make some noise. Full sound a minute in, vocals follow. A calm with piano after 3 1/2 minutes. It kicks back in. "Vug" opens with some very impressive organ by Crane as the guitar supports. Lots of organ 2 minutes in. The guitar is more prominant after 3 minutes. They're cooking now ! "Tomorrow Night" is a somewhat catchy tune. Nice organ solo 2 minutes in.Tasteful guitar a minute later. It ends on an experimental note. "7 Streets" opens with organ. Crane used a device to make his Hammond organ sound like church organ on this one. The drumming is excellent on this track but then so is the whole song. This along with "Nobody Else" are my favourites. Some ripping organ and guitar after 3 minutes as they trade solos. I wish all the songs were this dynamic.

"Sleeping For Years" opens with some cool guitar as heavy drums follow. Blistering guitar, then a full sound. More incredible guitar 3 minutes in. "I Can't Take No More" has a nice beat to it as vocals and organ come in. Guitar 3 minutes in is raw. "Nobody Else" is a pastoral song and a nice change actually. Reserved vocals 1 1/2 minutes in. I like the way Crane makes his organ sound like bass 2 1/2 minutes in. The guitar that follows is tastefully done. Great tune. "Gershatzer" is the other instrumental. It opens with a good drum / organ melody before piano takes over 1 1/2 minutes. It gets kind of crazy before a calm with piano 2 minutes in. Experimental is the word to describe what follows. It kicks back in before 5 minutes with a prolonged drum solo. Organ joins in around 7 minutes. Guitar ends it.

John Du Cann left ANDROMEDA to join this band, and I highly recommend you check that one out too.

Mellotron Storm | 4/5 | 2008-6-25

MEMBERS LOGIN ZONE

As a registered member (register here if not), you can post rating/reviews (& edit later), comments reviews and submit new albums.

You are not logged, please complete authentication before continuing (use forum credentials).

Share this ATOMIC ROOSTER review

Social review comments () BETA

Review related links

Send comments to Mellotron Storm
Report this review (#175361)
Buy ATOMIC ROOSTER music online with PA partners
Show all ATOMIC ROOSTER MP3/Stream
Go to ATOMIC ROOSTER page for videos, full discography with ratings, reviews and much more
Go to Death Walks Behind You page for more details, where to buy and ratings/reviews
Search the Forum for ATOMIC ROOSTER related discussions