FETISH
Seven Steps To The Green Door
•Neo-Prog
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Studio Album, released in 2015 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Possible Delayed (0:39) - Lars Köhler / vocals CD Progressive Promotion Records - PPR CD 030 (2015, Germany) Thanks to mbzr48 for the additionand to Quinino for the last updates Edit this entry |
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SEVEN STEPS TO THE GREEN DOOR Fetish ratings distribution
(240 ratings)
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(31%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(32%)
Good, but non-essential (22%)
Collectors/fans only (11%)
Poor. Only for completionists (4%)
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SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator

Seven Steps To The Green Door has crafted a magnificent album with "Fetish", it's as easy as that. The sheer diversity of this album will perhaps alienate some, but the generally easy-flowing compositions are easier on the ears than you would imagine from a band incorporating such a great diversity into their material. And a top quality mix and production also ensure that these fairly challenging compositions are easy to enjoy. An eclectic recording well worth inspecting, and on my personal shortlist as a strong contender for album of the year for 2015.
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Metal / Heavy / RPI / Symph Prog Team

SPECIAL COLLABORATOR PSIKE Team & Band Submissions

While continuing to take a look at the comprehensive line up, not having heard one bit, it seems to be quite obvious that vocals are playing an exceptional role. This maybe akin to another german outfit called Frequency Drift due to a rather musical thrilled vocal style. Just sticking to the other main collaborators furthermore, drummer Ulf Reinhardt is part of the show once more, where Martin Schnella seems to be new when serving the basic electric guitar work. Amongst many others Arno Menses, Steve Unruh and Daniel Mash are guesting, other wellknown contributors to the prog realm.
The short opener Possible Delayed is meant to be ... eh, what? Okay, let's say the album's vocal prototype, or warm-up maybe, but if you will listen right on 'til the end - I bet you will, sooner or later - then a deja vu is coming up attached to the epic Ordinary Maniac, which can be crowned as the album's culmination point with good reason. Porn! is an example gracefully pointing to an eclectic flavour, quite irresistible, trickiness is the name of the game. This without running into something overloaded or overplayed, as there are also a lot of accessible and highly melodic moments to find on this album.
Still Searching is quite a good example for that, although - attention - also provided with a puzzling vocal acrobatic intermezzo. Well, some few are slipping into german accent here (with intent???). And I'm inclined to hear greetings to Freddy Mercury in between. 'Fetish' is a definitely unique production, a rich source for progressive art rock fans. Additionally the cover art perfectly mirrors the inspiration behind the concept. Although I'm actually more fond of Marek's Toxic Smile involvement this is a very prolific workout - a contender for a TOP 2015 list.
COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator

Favorite songs: 1. "Possible Delayed" (0:38) (9/10); 2. "Porn" (8:50) (9/10); the FREQUENCY DRIFT- and THIEVES' KITCHEN-like 7. "Last Lullaby" (9:01) (9/10) and "Ordinary Maniac" (16:10) (8/10), and; 6. "Bound in Chains" (8:53) (8/10).
3.5 stars rated up for mature compositional style.
PROG REVIEWER

"Possible Delayed" is a short intro track of less than a minute of male and female vocals. "PORN!" certainly impresses with the intricate sounds that seem to counter each other. Male vocals around 1 1/2 minutes in until they are replaced by female vocals. A calm 4 minutes in but when it kicks back in we get a lot of intricate sounds again including sax this time. This really sounds good when it settles down with male vocals. Sax follows. Great track! "Still Searching" opens with vocals and backing vocals before the instruments join in, and it's the piano and drums standing out here as the vocals continue. Nice guitar solo when the vocals stop. Sounds like mellotron too followed by a GENTLE GIANT-like vocal arrangement. Piano only 5 1/2 minutes in as the sound continues to change.
"Inferior" opens with more excellent vocals and instrumental work. It settles down before 1 1/2 minutes and I like the mellotron that seems to sweep over top before 3 minutes. A piano solo follows and an almost circus-like melody. It then settles as themes are repeated. "Imprisoned" is melancholic not so surprisingly considering the title. Piano to start as sad female vocals join in. Some nasty organ follows then a full sound with passionate male vocals. Female and male vocals trade off then it turns instrumental before 6 minutes. This is good with that nasty organ returning and check out the guitar that follows with drums and piano. Great sound once again. It calms right down late with female vocals to end it. "Bound In Chains" is relatively restrained both vocally and instrumentally for the first 3 minutes. I'm not into the sound when it becomes more passionate but that lasts only about 1 1/2 minutes. The last part features male vocals.
"Last Lullaby" is also fairly laid back overall with male and female vocals. The drums and piano standout. It does pick up after 4 minutes then it turns quiet before minor riffs arrive. Flute too around 6 minutes. I like the instrumental sound a minute later. "Set In Motion" opens with piano, percussion and spoken words as sax and laughter arrive and take over. Then there's a somewhat jazzy section that soon turns powerful then male vocals join in. It settles with sax and female vocals as contrasts continue. "Ordinary Maniac" is the over 16 minute closer. Female vocals and a pastoral sound to start before it turns heavy 2 1/2 minutes in. Male and female vocals now then it settles before 5 minutes with percussion as the vocals stop. They are back and check out the fast paced vocals that follow and then the harmonies. It turns heavy before 13 minutes. Oh, there's also a violin solo by guest Steve Unruh on this track.
Apparently I'm in the minority with the less than 4 star rating but I just can't pull the trigger on 4 stars. This just is not an album I look forward to playing despite how well it's done. And at over 78 minutes this is too long.
PROG REVIEWER

SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Crossover Prog Team

Of the four albums so far, to my ears this is the strongest as they have stretched the diversity, yet somehow made everything commercially accessible and enjoyable while never compromising any musical ideals. There are times when there are multiple vocal harmonies, yet Marek is still the person holding it all together with his beautiful piano. Martin has easily stepped into the role vacated by Andreas, and although his soloing in particular is quite different, it feels measured and totally in keeping with everything that is going on musically. There is a confidence and feeling of assuredness that was somewhat missing from the previous album, and the feeling that here is a band that just can't do any wrong. The layered vocals on songs such as "Still Searching" are immaculate, with wonderful choral elements, and the diversity throughout this album makes it a crossover (in its very truest sense) progressive rock album that is truly essential.
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A highly ambitious album by a band of great instrumentalists that unfortunately as a whole fails:
too many styles, too many changes in time signatures and keys and way too long, in my opinion. There
are a number of great parts and passages on this album and a few tracks are ok but overall this
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Report this review (#1557020) | Posted by King Manuel | Friday, April 29, 2016 | Review Permanlink
It's nice to such an obscure band inhabiting the top 50 list here at PA for a while. Seven Steps are one of contemporary
prog foremost eclectisists, juggling multiple vocalists and throwing in anything in between metal to soulful soft rock
and even rap. If there is anything missing here, it is p
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Report this review (#1480865) | Posted by Progrussia | Saturday, October 31, 2015 | Review Permanlink
Well, I know the band for years now. When I first got their (second) album "step into my world", I ?only" was primary surprised about the variety of styles and instruments. Concept album "The ? Book" back in 2011 earned perfect scores ? so I bought the album and I remember when I was sitting in fron
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Report this review (#1479550) | Posted by Stefan_lu | Tuesday, October 27, 2015 | Review Permanlink
My first contact to this album was in the car of a friend, which wanted to introduce it to me. I'm happy, that I wasn't the driver , this
album really knocked me out! While I was blown away by that outstanding singers and the melodic approach to very complex
songs, my first thought was "Haken" d
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Report this review (#1473765) | Posted by Greengrass | Thursday, October 8, 2015 | Review Permanlink
94/100 "Fetish" was released September 11. Sounds more like crossover prog or eclectic prog then neo-Prog to moi, but let's not quibble. "SEVEN STEPS TO THE GREEN DOOR" is a German band with 4 albums to their credit. I believe "Fetish" to be their Mona Lisa.
The artist in residence
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Report this review (#1464921) | Posted by omphaloskepsis | Friday, September 18, 2015 | Review Permanlink
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