whenever I turn to listen to this album it always hits me how great this record is, the production is some of the best I have heard, the musicianship is outstanding, the atmospheres they produce are realy wonderfull.
I love how It perfectly merges classic prog rock, with progressive metal and folk, and with the final reslut of it becoming one of the greatest records of tha last decade (i have not heard the other Pallas albums but I have ressumed by the other posts and reviews i have read that this is there best album)
one of the greatest preformance of Richenbacher bass playing since Chris Squire and in modern time, the RIck sound on this album is probably the best bass sound i have heard.
i think out of the bigg four of neo-prog i think Pallas are getting shamefully litle atention,even though they certenly after what i hear on
the Dreams of Men manege to sound like no one else, they sound origenal not constrained i think this album will apeal to listeners outiside the Neo-prog field, it certanly will apeal to Heavy Prog fans, Progressive metal fans, and they have enough folk (celtic, native american, pirate music) so it will apeal to prog folk fans as well and also for fans of Symphonic prog this album certanly must sound sublime.
the Dreams of Men have probably one element that may turn people of it and that is that it is to pollished, to clean and perfect. but on the otherhand it dos not sound forced, it all sound as unstraigned as human breathing (to some extent)
I
this album
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Edited by aginor - March 22 2010 at 08:26