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Abel Ganz

Neo-Prog

3.17 | 59 ratings

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debrewguy
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Having stumbled on this one some time ago, I'm finally coming around to a review

So what can I say ... well, when "The Unholy War" starts , if you're a fan of Trick of the Tail Genesis, then it's YAHOO ! A more rhythmically streamlined song than Dance on a Volcano, but the reference is clear. Approaching the one minute mark, you're taken on to the keyboard sounds from Duke. Then as Kelly starts to sing, you're like , going, "My God, if Fish had taken Phil as vocal cue, this would be it".

Unfortunately the promise is not borne out by the remainder of the album. Kelly's voice quickly starts to remind me of a prog Joe Elliott (Def Leppard). Indeed, as the songs 2-6 went by, I couldn't help but wonder what Def Leppard might have sounded if they'd come out a few year later, and been influenced by Genesis rather than Thin Lizzy.

The rest of the album is not bad. But despite its' release early in the Neo movement, it comes across as a compendium of much that would become the stereotype for the genre.

So , not a waste of time for die hards fans of Neo, but don't expect anything above mediocrity

debrewguy | 2/5 | 2009-5-15

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