THE ALL EUROPEAN HERO

Among the various commitments Galleon had back in their most prolific period during mid-90's they also worked on a proect initially entitled ''Divina comeda''.This work was eventually prepared in 1996,the title changed to ''The All European Hero'' and Galleon released it on VF Produktion,the same album was re-released by Progress Records (as all of the early Galleon back-catalogue) in 2001.

Finally the band had established a very challenging, grandiose but mostly very tight style, throwing among their strong MARILLION and RUSH influences some good PINK FLOYD hints, remaining fairly accesible but also quite intricate at the same time.Galleon mix the symphonic grandieur with the catchy Neo Prog aesthetics in alternating inspired choruses and atmospheric passages with nice vocal work around.The usual MARILLION-esque keyboard flashes change radical into more evident FLOYD-ian smooth piano passages, while the symphonic influence is more prominent in lots of dreamy instrumental soundscapes among the more straight moments of the album.The long tracks feature excellent arrangements and it is really remarkable the way the band shifts from the complicated ideas to the easy-listening tunes.

The talent was always there and finally Galleon transmitted it into an almost world-class Neo Prog album.This is quite a definition of great Neo/Symphonic Prog in the vein of CLIFFHANGER, FLAMBOROUGH HEAD or COLLAGE, absolutely satisfying and certainly highly recommended.