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INTO THE ELECTRIC CASTLE

Ayreon

 

Progressive Metal

4.15 | 822 ratings

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Shelket
5 stars The concept created by the Dutch multi-instrumentalista Arjen Anthony LUCASSEN, based on the kidnapping of different people from different starts off, of which apparently they are foreign, but not only that is people of different times and ideologies agreed from their time and place of origin, the history narrated by Peter DALTREY, a history in which between the religious and existenciales ideologies are mixed, each personage this integrated very well to history with which it would be possible to be said became all the possible one so that each personage had an important paper and he was reflected the clear differences and coincidences in some of its ideas, with a musicalización of first order in the one that also something that is made notice of own way, in this call Operates Rock of Arjen LUCASSEN, history feels like to conjugate the differences and the actions of each personage and the unexpected abdication of the Inmortal like first who decides to die, since the eternal life is a punishment that becomes reality in the Castle, the strange reasonable coincidences but between the hippie and the man of the future (rather of the present), the dialogues between the Barbarian and the horseman, the misticismo and Egyptian magic and India, the imprudence of the Roman, participate a good one I number of vocalistas and musicians although it makes great part of the production and musicalización, but part of the final sound of this disc is the desire of the Dutch is the result of many people in whom it would emphasize to Fish and Damian in the voices, and to Clive and Ed, that although the others make a very good work nonimaginary east work without them, in general music and the concept is simply of the best thing, a work than it feels like formidable and paradisíaco is listened to, simply a work of science fiction, progressive, great líricas, excellent art and talent, this work is recognized of this musician and the one that opened the doors to him to the rest of the world by the participation of members of other bands one refuses or they do not cause that interest is taken but from other people and with that greater difucion from this, but to a certain extent is not necessary for this work that speaks in case only and it has become a masterful piece of the progressive one.
Shelket | 5/5 |

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