ECHOES FROM WITHIN DRAGON ISLAND

Dragon Island. Amazing artwork that hooks you straight away.. I have huge collection of vinyls and can say to me it's a privilege to hold lovely looking sleeve. Say, 'Octoberon', 'Tales from Topographic Ocean ', 'Trick of the Tale' just to name a few. Honestly now, sometimes I give 'extra points' to the album with great artwork. Remember 'colors' by Eloy - wow. Unfortunately, There are not so many good covers nowadays.. how it's nice to see lovely one - 'hand made'. Overall, art rock starts from a cover that continues the mood of music. Prog lovers like to have real Cd, album, instead of modern pop culture where the 1 song rules, where the idea and meaning of an 'album' is almost vanished. That's why when you hold artwork like this, with fantastically gorgeous booklet and listens to the music it's multiple the effect! ) you dive into this fairytale world, so perfectly created by the author. Of course it's a matter of taste, there can be some pros and cons but particularly this album 'rocks'. It has its highs and pastoral 'lows', it leads you through the world where symphonic grace organically meets classical poetry. And it has delicious sound, not so over compressed like most of the modern bands produce. If you've never heard Karfagen, it's the right album to start with. And then return to 'lost symphony ', 'messages from afar' , 'magician's theater' , they all deserve your attention.