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EMPTY LIE, EMPTY DREAM

Gerard

 

Neo-Prog

3.04 | 31 ratings

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ZowieZiggy
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3 stars It is truly amazing to consider how many Japanese bands were influenced by ELP !

Gerard is one of them and I have to admit that the music they performed is rather enjoying, hence not very personal or creative.

Skilled musicians for sure, the music they perform is totally on the symphonic prog side (and not neo prog as they are categorized by now). This album is mostly instrumental, which is a good decision since I can't say that I am thrilled with the vocals when they occurred.

The music performed is not only keyboards oriented (like "Ars Nova"). It shows some fine guitar breaks, which provide some different and varied sounds which moved them away from some sort of their model (ELP). This album is accordingly less cloning to the great trio.

Maybe that a full instrumental album would have worked better but anyway this is a good album that I rate with three stars. Classical piano, bombastic moments, delightful guitar breaks are greatly compensating the weak vocals.

As many reviewers mentioned, this album is a true symphonic album; not neo.

ZowieZiggy | 3/5 |

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