FADED LEAVES

The quintet LA TULIPE NOIRE is one of Greece's biggest names in progressive rock, or neo-progressive to be precise. They have developed a lot since I heard their second album "Shattered Image" album from 1999. "Shattered Image" was a blueprint copy of MARILLION around "Misplaced Childhood". Their debut album "In The Gates Of Dream" (1996) were actually more original. On their third album "Faded leaves" they have developed their own sound, much flavoured by their female vocalist Ima and their brilliant guitarist S. Kontakis. The production could've been better but overall this is a really nice album somewhere in progressive rock's middle-class.