THE MASQUERADE OVERTURE

An album you can share with friends even they have never heard of prog before. An album you can listen in the car or that the office without anybody saying "What a hell is that?" . There are no bad songs on this album, from start to finish the musicians keep our attention. To some prog officiados a lot of it might sound déjà vu (or déjà ecouté), show a lack of originality but the pleasure of listening still remains. All the néo-prog ingredients are here, they might sometimes sound a bit cliché but this album keeps its charms all the way through. There are no really best tracks all are more or less equal in qualities (leaving apart the short "the Pursuit Of Excellence") my favorites being "The Shadow" and "Guardian of my Soul". If you like good and simple melodies, this album is for you. Rated 3.5/5