FEAR OF A BLANK PLANET

GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! After two good albums as "In Absentia" and "Deadwing", growing in intensity here is "Fear of a Blank Planet". "Fear..." is the new conception of Progressive Rock. Away from the pompous and baroque styles of the most bands in this area (which in several cases I still like if well done), Porcupine tree mix together the english prog feeling and complex music architectures with the power of the best american prog metal and the hallucinative psychedelic environment. The result is MUSIC in one of its best meanings. All the musicians are at their best. I have to notify that Gavin Harrison, while in the preceding albums was only the (good) drummer (and I honestly missed the powerful creativity of Chris Maitland), here seems to be more conscious of his part in this excellent mix of great musicians. In particular "Anesthetize" has a great nevrotic drum work which gives the right feeling to the song. In this song I only cannot stomach the noise after the 11th minute, but luckily is very short. But all the songs in this album are intensive, well composed, arranged and masterfully played by the musicians. Do not miss this album if you think that Prog Music is not dead ! 4 stars of gratefulness ! Hold on PT!