SILENCE

In modern Symphonic Prog, originality is not so important. We can end up pretty quickly with conclusion that everything was here before and so this is rubbish because it's just clone / copying. But this is NOT the right way I want to take.

There are more important factors for me. For example when I from time to time listen this kind of music (about two albums per day from this genre, this is still my home genre - the one I listen most), I don't want to feel like listening the same thing over and over again. This doesn't happen here. It's probably not masterpiece, this goal is very hard to achieve, but even though you can read remarks like "if you are into xxx (few bands)", by the way very common review ending, this album still manages to be interesting. Oh, how often do I write this. But it's always true.

My favorite track here is Continental Motion, beautiful connection of guitar & synths with quite original melody.

Because there are limited possibilities (this genre can't be as experimental as eponymous genres - Metal, or Avant that should also be quite adventurous, because that's what makes it interesting), one should enhance these little things that makes Sympho interesting, not to deny all modern Symphonic in general. Flags Without a Heart has beautiful flute, something like default instrument for Dutch bands and at one time also some kind of organ like synths

4(-), not masterpiece, oh no no. But not bad album either, when we consider with what these guys have to work.