RITES AT DAWN

Although I have only 2 auditions, this third work of the Norwegian band WOBBLER, I can affirm, without fear of being wrong, that this was it that more it pleased me. Even if I consider their two previous disks excellents realizations (that deserve to figures in any progressive music collection ), I think in this the band gets to their music a "more digestible" format. Maybe such fact is due to smallest participation of invited musicians (2 and no 4 as in the two previous cd). Due to this the music possess a "linkage" of the several passages in each track more pleasants. Besides those initial considerations, it is well-known the approach of the band to the symphonic prog of bands as YES, GENESIS and even of an Ecletic Prog more in GENTLE GIANT "vein", that has a quite distinct sonority of KING CRIMSOM (in my opinion the main influence in "Hinterland" & "Afterglow"), although K C'S influence is still present. The disk is very close of the perfection and for that reason I don't get to detach any Track, because certainly it would be committing some injustice. My rate is 5 stars!!!