OMNI

1)Omni overture- the alblum suite starts off with amazing instrumental intro with keyboards what you expect out antony kalugin the ukranian tomas bodin of modern day.

2)story teller part 1- sounds like caravan meets camel in this amazing song with lil bit that canterbury flavor i think Sinclair on this song could be wrong.

3)whispers from the past- has folkish sound with female vocals sunchild sound i grew to love so much. with more romantic era folk i get steve hackett vibes on this track meets sunchild with the flower kings esque sound.

4)the spark-vocals are very aorish this song has asia vibe to it top notch. evoking 80s vocal sound. the guitars have roine stolt meets steve hackett vibe on this alblum very much. i hear tfk and solo hackett vibes. this album is mixed bag it explores everything and for being aorish asia ike song it one best parts of suite 10/10

5)Masterplan- song starts of very keyboard dominated. One cant help compare antony to tomas bodin from flower kings fame. vocals are antony again evoking sunchild flavor again now it karfagen. antony wanted fuse sunchild into karfagen name it works so good. my second fave song on alblum although this suite is in 2 songs. i got review copy seperates tracks in suite im reviewing each song individually as part of epic process. you still have lil bit that 80s flavor without it being aorish.

6)mirror of souls. baroque symphonic opening it like u got symphonic baroque sound that tomas bodin does and hackett does. also with romantic side hackett does. if flower kings and hackett had baby this alblum is exactly that. its so beautiful. classicalness of this song and alblum themes as whole.

7)unchained-here comes many guests are on alblum vocals wise. near end of suite. i hear lil bit yes meets rush in vocals department this song. this album as whole feels like it make killer rock opera and stage production with roger dean artwork and maybe edunistky as backdrop on projector screen.

Literally this antony best work vocals wise on karfagen alblum that is not sunchild. guests vocals make it special. with my 4th listen now this album has climbed up in ratings. this alblum done live with right backdrops artwork bring into visual experience live evokes rock opera without it being rock opera.

8)the cards we play-has singer of sylvan german fame. very baroque and romantic themes in music. why i feel this alblum could be made into score performed live on stage in semi musical theatre style it hack rock opera leanings imho would work better as having movie theatre screen in background with artwork. and then have guests singer evoke imagery on backdrop. if you never heard of sylvan amazing band. i highly recommend.

the mix this alblum in end of it i feel snare of drums is tiny mixed low. bass on alblum is lil high then i expect low frequencies would love drums stand lil more out. it does not rob from alblum as whole its still killer. the mix this alblum is 90 out 100. nearly perfect.

9)you an i-some keyboard tones i hear remind me of Mannheim steamroller at times. no this is not yes cover title of song would confuse you. im getting pallas vibes on this song. uk band has alan reed vocals.. guitars are hackett and stolt fused. antony can do no wrong. this is antony best theatrical evoking musical peice ever.

it like shakesphere and bach and marice ravel made baby with hackett and flower kings combined all into one without it being jesus christ superstar.

10)story teller part 2- this ends alblum is last piece of 2 song epic making cohesive alblum. i love this album alot mix is 90 out 10. the alblum is 95 out 10. cloes thing u can get to masterpiece as possible. it has it minor flaws. i feel over low frequencies of bass are lil to high on few songs near end rob essence of drums sticking out other then that this is rock solid album.

this is alblum for flower kigns fans those who been wanting 20 plus min epic since banks of eden. this alblum is gold just gold. antony has made alblum that evokes theatrical imagery in mind. could be made into live setting. also evoking classicalism of greats of ravel bach. even shakesphere in poetic way its executed in music and lyrics.

buy or die. this is best thing flower kings have not released since banks of eden period. it basically if flower kings made theatrical alblum without name of flower kings.

4.5 stars

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