A POET'S SOLILOQUY

Short-lived neo progressive rock band,formed in Germany in 1989.Influenced by the likes of MARILLION and SAGA,they presented themselves to the public with ''A poet's soliloquy'' in 1994.Their interesting combination of the somewhat heavy electric guitars with the synthesizers flights and some good piano parts sounds quite tasteful and enjoyable.Vocalist Dick Bovensiepen has a singing-style resembling to a more aggresive FISH or Peter Nichols of IQ (yes,the English-sung vocals have the familiar German accent),while the album contains also some great hard rockin' tracks with good solos,nice grooves and a tight,almost-metal heavy rhythm section.This is not an exceptional work,however fans of keyboard-driven neo prog with balanced speeds and carefully-arranged compositions will like this a lot.A very decent starting point for DARIUS.