TALES FROM A DARK CHRISTMAS

For Christ's Sake is an IQ track from their earliest days, offering an energetic neo-prog spin on a range of Christmas classics; Tales From a Dark Christmas takes the idea and expands it to a full album, opening with a new edition of For Christ's Sake, wending its way through various covers, and then offering up a 20 minute prog suite with Christmassy themes woven in here and there. As the title implies, there's a dark, gothic atmosphere to all of this, making it both an amusing antidote to overly jolly Christmas fare as well as a fantastic showcase for IQ's command of mood and atmosphere, something which they've always been masters of and has always helped set them head and shoulders above bands which might have similar technical proficiency but don't necessarily have the same knack for setting the mood.

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