LIVE AT BELMONT

Well you know that my opinion has been never affected by my symphonic music background and as such an interesting live - like this recent one - brought about a certain emotional feeling among all the fans of the band, including me, I 'm happy to review this product after burning it at my DVD player one more time. In fact We have been waiting for this important performance - as it is witnessed by their second most inspiring and best DVD (after "Lex Live") - for a couple of years and right now I can say it's really worth the price.

Of course - even though the mood is not equal for instance to that incomparable transmitted by another symphonic band like After Crying (think of a couple of recent famous lives, regarding this latter fantastic amd more versatile Hungarian band), I think that the approach of G.H. is well worth checking out at least. But coming back to their tunes, I like to mention the stunning instrumental opener of "Long and Long Ago", where David Walliman - their newcomer guitarist - shows his good skill, even when He plays a few " more jazzy" harmonic lines taken directly from Disc Two of "The Inconsolable Secret" studio album; then I appreciate "One King" very much, a selection from "Lex Live", which is better than the original version. Moreover here Carl Groves is well fitted into the new ensemble of G.H., like otherwise in the track "Through the Glass Darkly", where He supportes Susie - the lead vocalist - in a remarkable way!!

Instead the epic number "Knight of the North" is worth a special mention, because the long instrumental interludes work in a cool way, above all thanks to the team work, regarding of all the core members and the instrumental unplugged lines by Eric Parker as well...the quality of the mix is good in general, making this "Live At Belmont" a must- have for the fans of this intelligent US band.