Third album of Wallenstein from 1973 is a good symphonic prog release but less enjoyble than the
previous one. Here they develop even further the symphonic prog elements that give them a chance to
survive in the early '70's. While is not a groundbraking album is pleasent most of the time, the keyboards
of Dollase sounds very strange sometimes , but in other cases they are a real treat like on first track the
opening The Symphonic Rock Orchestra - Rory Blanchford and Silver arms, great tunes that show us that
Wallenstein are still in bussines. I don't know why but sometimes the voice of Dollase are to mellow, not
quite on par with the music wich sometimes is very heavy work, specially the guitar gives this ton, hevy
riffs over heavy solos combined with symphonic prog aproach, great after all. Again I mentioning that
Dollase voice and manner of interpretation remaind me of Shulman from Gentle Giant (ok, keep the
proportions between them).The bass of Dieter Meier truly shines on Silver arms, great. All in all far from
being a bad album, but for sure less enjoyble than the predecesors, at least for me , Cosmic century keep
the prog music at a constant level, they never gain very much aplause and they were always in the
shadow of big names from that period. 3 stars for Cosmic century, worth some spinings.
b_olariu |3/5 |
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