GRAVE NEW WORLD

On their fourth album the band heads towards a more progressive rock direction. Their first three albums all had progressive elements but most of the material was just folk rock kind of stuff. I like their style change even if their previous albums all include some very nice material as well. Grave New World still has a bit of their original folk style left which is nice. But mostly this record is a prog rock disc from the start to the end.

Some of the highlights include "New World", "The Flower and the Young Man" and "Tomorrow" for example. Fantastic songs and those aren't the only great songs this album has to offer. Several very good songs are found from this LP. On the other hand there are still some tracks that don't have anything special to offer but luckily most of the material is solid.

This is slightly better than 3,5 stars so I guess I'll give this album four stars. Grave New World is a very nice progressive rock album even if it's definitely not one of the true diamonds of the genre. A solid listen however.

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