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"The four horsemen" is one of few pop-oriented and melodic songs with dominant vocals. "The lamb" is a fantastic instrumental work by Vangelis in the Greek style. Clavinet and maybe some organ are used to create a dual sound in the right and left channel. "Aegian sea" is a good psychedelic track with narrative and moog.

After that, a couple of experimental tracks that are interesting at first hear but hardly essential. "Marching beast" is a first one with a structure centered around piano, organ and bouzouki. "Do it" is a short furious battle between drums and guitar having bass supporting. "Tribulation" might be a saxophone tribute Canterbury style. "The beast" is a classic late 60's track but released in 1972. "Altamont" has a deep organ or moog sound with a simple motive but numerous instrument changes. "The wedding of the lamb" finally brings again Greek folk music into perspective although retaining experimentation. "Infinity" is an annoying track with orgasm of a woman, that should not be included on a progressive rock effort like this. I can't but skip this track each time. It brings nothing but awkwardness to faces of all listeners.

"Hic et nunc" partly corrects the previous bad impression by offering a user-friendly Beatles-inspired tune with group singing.

The lengthy "All the seats were occupied" starts good as an epic but after turning the half-mark, it gets deteriorated by the questionable mix of the previous songs including the terrible moaning from "Infinity". Thankfully, the jam continues soon showcasing clear guitar tones with moog and percussions.

The last and swang song bears traces of nostalgy but gives some hope at least in the lyrics. Progressive rock goes away for a while and pop-rock with monumental piano chords and clever guitar improvisation. Lucas Sideras vocals suit here well.

Overall, this is certainly a peak of this band's output but some stars are removed because of uncoherence and experimentation that won't appeal with each repeated listening.

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