IN SPITE OF HARRY'S TOENAIL

Great band,no doubt about it,with excellent talent and complex musicianship and should be considered as one of the founders of the progressive rock sound...Very ''difficult'' tracks,some rocky moments,nice flute work,even some harmonica passages is what you''ll get if you try to find this album...As for the influences ,the bands that came to my mind were JETHRO TULL,VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR,KING CRIMSON and in a lesser extend GENTLE GIANT,early RUSH and YEZDA URFA (please consider the two later bands as to have similar sound to GNIDROLOG as they released their first album much later than GNIDROLOG)...There aren't any obvious weak moments but unfortunately the songs get lost in their own complexity and I think many of you will agree with that...Maybe a slightly ''easier'' sound could makes this album an essential one but I think the most appropriate rating could be 3 stars...A must have for fans of early,dark and complex prog rock and a good addition for the rest's collection...