REVOLUTION ROAD

Well I can understand the contradictory evaluation of such "metal" progsters about the present symphonic effort by R.S., as it would be a revisited version of some melodic prog rock albums of the eighties, even though it's enriched by means of an "hot" vocalism by David McBee (do you remember the singer of Symphony X?...); nevertheless there's a lot of acoustic guitar stuff, with melodic themes (listen for instance to the pretty mellotron) sometimes replaced by a few - more 'progressive-oriented ' - tracks such as "Hold that Thought" or the funny " UFO/SHADOW Theme" for example, whose mood is total different in comparison to their usual "melodic pop" excursion...of course you can find also some bombastic themes, thanks also to the important contribution of the analogic ( even though a bit "retro'") classic synths like the Hammond, the Moog an so on... you could say that Moody Blues meet IQ (the band of such "new progressive wave" from England I mean), but They have got a certain personality in the recent times and their emulation seldom goes beyond the crazy derivative models of some fans/musicians in love with the classic sound; R.S. have got their inspiration from a particular model of prog rock, but They also run a personal music road (I don't know whether it's a revolutionary road or not, but it's interesting anyway...) and for me it could be enough to make this "Revolution Road" well worth checking out at least!!

Forget bands such as Spock's Beard or Flower Kings and try to listen to something new (especially their melodies, being quite lush at least!!)