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Neo-Prog

4.16 | 232 ratings

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So, here we go again. Another IQ album hot off the presses, if not quite hot on the heels of their last album, Resistance (as playfully suggested by Peter Nicholls). Unfortunately I was too late to buy the orange vinyl version of the Dominion album but hopefully it'll come out again in the future in some other colour or kaleidoscope of colours on vinyl. So I bought the CD. But not content to wait for it to arrive in the post I've also downloaded it onto my phone via Apple Music (a very small price to pay for good music).

Now, I have to say, there is some really very good stuff on here, notably, for me, from Neil Durant, but not alone from him. This is IQ once again doing what they do best but in an even more accomplished way than heretofore. I know that there will be those out there who suggest that this is "IQ by numbers", going over the same old ground yet again, delivering the same old melodies, the same old guitar solos, the same old chords, the same old stories that have been rehashed and the same old drums. Well, to that I can only say Yes. There certainly is some of that here. Quite a lot of that in fact; delivered in stunning form by accomplished performers. And I absolutely love it. This is a great album (in fact, a magnificent album), once again from the band. Is this now in 2025, their best ever release? I'm saying yes. I'm now in my mid 60s. And having been following and supporting and loving progressive rock music since I was in my early teens, this is what I want to hear. So, a hefty five stars for this IQ album. This band, in 2025, are head and shoulders above lots and lots of others in the Prog Rock dominion (see what I did there ).

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