PYRAMIDAL

Pyramidal has made their most progressive album here with this new one. Their first recordings were extended jams with improvisations, this one is more structured while the band still stretch their song for a long time. It could be heavy, raw and also light in some place with some sax, violin, and almost no vocals. The guitar work will get you hooked with some hypnotic riffs. The overall atmosphere is intense, the rhythm section solid. Their influences are from the '60s, 70's psychedelic space rock with some stoner rock and on the last track a clear reference to Black Sabbath. They simply don't need too many notes to grab the listener, just the right one repeated to make sure you are getting on a long trip and take the time to enjoy the ride. The songs have some mood changes that take your breath away and transport you to another part of the world, see "Creatures of the Ancient World". The album ends with an intense 14 minutes epic where you can only want to push the repeat button. I don't listen to a lot of psychedelic prog rock albums, but this one is special, I have never listened to anything of that quality.