REVOLUTION ROAD

I remember that I ordered their second album Brutal Architecture (1995) at Syn-Phonic by Greg Walker, I was blown away by the final track Mariner, what a wonderful and very compelling music and how beautiful the Mellotron sounds! Well, that was ten years ago and we had to wait seven years for this fourth album (after their third Oblivion Days from 1999), I was very curious or Erik Norlander & Co. had made progress? They have and how they have, what an outstanding 2-CD box, I am very, very impressed! The 18 compositions on the two discs sound alternating (from dreamy and compelling to mid-tempo and bombastic), the colouring is very tasteful (from acoustic guitar and violin-Mellotron to heavy guitar riffs, powerful Hammond organ and lots of fat Moog soli) and the production and sound are excellent! The songs are remarkably melodic and accessible but remain captivating: bombastic atmosphere with strong vocals, propulsive guitar work, a piece with wonderful violin-Mellotron and a final part with blistering guitar and sensational Moog flights in Sky Is Falling, a delicious cover from The Moody Blues their song Gypsy (great vocals and breathtaking Mellotron work in the vein of Mike Pinder) and a compelling climate with a beautiful harmony of piano arpeggio's, soaring female choir, fragile guitar and slow Moog runs and halfway senstitive soli on guitar and synthesizer in After The Revolution, this is Prog Heaven! I am sure that many progheads will be delighted about this new (double) album by Rocket Scientists, nowadays a trio with guest musicians like Simon Philips and the late Shaun Guerin. This is absolutely their best effort, what a stunning progess this band has made!