Progarchives, the progressive rock ultimate discography
Alrune Rod - Ragnarock Live '74 CD (album) cover

RAGNAROCK LIVE '74

Alrune Rod

 

Psychedelic/Space Rock

2.31 | 4 ratings

From Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website

toroddfuglesteg
2 stars Live from the legendary Ragnarock festival

This festival was an annual event in the Holmenkollen ski-jumping arena in the early 1970s. Other bands who also played was PRUDENCE and I believe THEM. The arena is perfect for rock concerts and I cannot understand why nobody has done it again.

Over to the record. The band goes on the full attack from the first note. The music is hard rock with some references to space rock and southern boogie. The music is mostly driven by solo guitars and saxophone. The result is hard & heavy. Not much breathing spaces here. I would say this music has little or nothing to do with progressive rock. I found some references to RAINBOW and BAD COMPANY. But the annoying saxophone makes references hard to make. The saxophone and some of the stuff reminds me a lot about the type of music you get at the beer-festivals in Germany. That is not a compliment, btw. I am not particular impressed by this live album. I hope their studio albums is better than this.

2 stars.

toroddfuglesteg | 2/5 |

MEMBERS LOGIN ZONE

As a registered member (register here if not), you can post rating/reviews (& edit later), comments reviews and submit new albums.

You are not logged, please complete authentication before continuing (use forum credentials).

Forum user
Forum password

Share this ALRUNE ROD review

Social review comments () BETA







Review related links

Copyright Prog Archives, All rights reserved. | Legal Notice | Privacy Policy | Advertise | RSS + syndications

Other sites in the MAC network: JazzMusicArchives.com — jazz music reviews and archives | MetalMusicArchives.com — metal music reviews and archives

Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.