IN A WORLD

Well, there's another nice new band in progworld. Where do they all come from ? They shoot up like mushrooms the last few years. I mean: Magic Pie, Knight Area, Sun Caged, Redemption, Mind's Eye, Apple Pie and this band: Cryptic Vision (and no doubt a lot of bands I don't even know yet or have forgotten to mention). They are all very good and relatively new and it shows prog is really alive. It makes me feel really good. There can't be enough great prog to me, so keep bringing them on !

What is Cryptic Vision like ? I think it sounds a bit like Magic Pie (vocals !) although I feel CV is more polished and smooth than the somewhat rawer sounding Magic Pie. I'm not sure about the classification Heavy prog, it could also be neo prog or crossover or even prog related to me. It shows that this band is hard to pigeon-hole. I think it sounds very nice, the melodic aspect is ok, compositions could be better, maybe someting they can improve on. Common ground, Space in between and Point of view are my favourite tracks, it resambles a bit of the accessability of the latest Rocket Scientists album, though they sound quite different, really. But the similarity lies in the fact it's hardly true prog. It has certainly quality but you could almost call it very good pop music. On the other hand there are a few epic like tracks on this album so I think all in all this is prog to me. But a peculiar sort of.

I think Cryptic Vision shows potential with this album and I'm looking for ward to the next one. 3 stars for this (3,25).