VISION AND AGELESS LIGHT

To me EYE had really reached new heights with Vision and Ageless Light and a lot of that is Lisa Bella Donna taking the band to creative levels with the most impressive keyboards heard on the album. The band also received new members too. They still have that grungy sound but an even stronger prog feel. Lisa Bella Donna uses tons of vintage gear including a real Mellotron. Even that weird tape choking effect lets you know she's not using an M-Tron. "Book of the Dead" is largely electronic with a bit of that Berlin School feel. At the time I felt Lisa Bella Donna should record some solo albums in that style and my wish had later come true as she had did such (although not all her solo material is in the Berlin School style) and she's recorded a ton of stuff. "Kill the Slavemaster" and "Searching" has that typical EYE feel although "Dweller of the Twilight Void" is an amazing largely acoustic piece that reminds me of Pink Floyd meets the Moody Blues. What I really love is that Moog solo. "As Sure as the Sun" starts off acoustic with a spacy Crosby, Stills and Nash vibe but with a spacy synth break. Then eventually it goes electric, and I hear some symphonic prog leanings here but the psychedelic elements are intact. To me it's certainly their highlight and really worth hearing. After a couple of years I was starting to wonder if EYE was going to put out new material. Turns out they're no more. Ken Golden of Laser's Edge (who released Vision and Ageless Light) was on Pete Pardo's Sea of Tranquility YouTube channel, and he said they're no more. That's too bad, given how Lisa Bella Donna was steering the band to new heights. At least she has a very prolific solo career worth checking out, but much of it is in the Progressive Electronic vein.