IMPENDING ASCENSION

This is an awesome album! It reminds me so much of the Fish-era Marillion material, which I loved very much. After Fish left, Marillion went downhill. Thank God that we have Magellan, who in my opinion became the new Marillion. Trent Gardner is such a musical genius (I hope we hear more Explorer's Club albums in the near future), and I expect much good to come out of this fantastic prog-rock band in the days to come. Brother Wayne is very underrated, one of the better guitarists of this generation. This album is strong, and even essential. It merits four stars. As Trent says, "Prog on!"