THE TALE OF WOE

As was to be expected this band (and album) is being compared with Genesis and critisized as an uninteresting and unoriginal clone. Could be a veritable conclusion but another truth (fortunately stated as well by some) is that this is not a bad album at all with some pretty good compositions (The past has just begun !). The second statement is winning for me eventhough I have some critisism about the album and band as well. Main downside for me is the vocal aspect which is slightly annoying to me. The vocalist is not necessarily poor technically but it's a kind of voice that can put you off, at least that's how it works on me. Another slight disappointment is that the already mentioned track is by far the best on the album, 3 others (the longer ones) are good and the other two less.

If I make a marking for the album alltogether I come to an average of 3,6 which results in a definitive rating of 4 stars. On a bad day it could also have been 3 though.