ILÚVATAR

Looking at the cover, your first impression might be that you found a long lost 70's American prog symphonic gem. Far from the truth, I hate to say. Not that the album is terrible, but imagine a mixture of Fish era Marillion musically and Rush vocally; kinda a sister of fellow American neo prog band Crucible minus the medival trappings. Sound intriguing? Well hold on, its straight ahead neo-progressive. If you like that kind of prog then dive in. Me, I enjoyed the track "In The Eye", which is the most progressive track, with 'Wait For The Call' which has a nice guitar solo towards the end, but otherwise its pretty mediocre. But hey, it came out during the prog low spot of the early 90's and I guess this is alll there was. At least until Anglagard, Spock's Beard and Flower Kings came along and brought it back into the spotlight......2.5 stars.