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Neo-Prog

3.78 | 672 ratings

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When prog had nearly died, bands like IQ arose in the 80's. It's a shame they all try to copy Genesis though. This is real neo-prog, but probably neo-prog at it's best too.

The lyrics here are very decent and so is the singing (altough it seems like the singer is trying to be Peter Gabriel). The music is very melodic, as you would expect from neo-prog. There's a lot of synth use and for me this works. The bass is really good and the drums and guitar do their job. The overall feeling is pretty dark to me, so that's a big difference with the jolly Genesis.

This album is fairly original and thus isn't a lame copy of some other band. In the neo-prog genre this probably would be a 5 / 5, but in the prog scene as a whole I consider neo-prog to be somewhat inferior to most other genres and will give this one 4 stars. In my opinion this is not essential, but an excellent addition to any prog collection.

Autoband | 4/5 | 2007-2-18

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