Finally, our beloved band managed to release this ambitious project: A triple
album charged with 2 DVDs and a great LIVE cd...a dream come true - a great achievement for
this extremely talented band. One of the surest values of the American progressive rock scene
(crossover prog?) or I don't know what to call their style. Anyway, on this triple album, we can
admire the amazing technical capacities of the band and the great compositional talent too! On
stage, the guys are like a fish in a bowl, relaxed and masters of their own skills, which are very
impressive I must say.
MARK BOALS is truly inspired and fits better and better with the band. He finds here a unique vocal style; really
different with what we know from him with MALMSTEEN, 7 THE HARD WAY, RING OF FIRE or THE CODEX.
SYZYGY's music is very progressive and the technical wizardry from the guys makes for a very complete and
complex musical message. Boals must find a very clever and complicated way to push his vocals into the whole
ensemble. And he did it with class and style!
The compositions get another dimension on stage (that's true) and I really admire and respect the great musical
alchemy between all the guys in the band; very solid and strong cohesion musically speaking. The quality of the
footage is impressive (crystal clear and wonderful image) each musician is well filmed and we can see how difficult
and complex it is to perform such high caliber progressive rock music!!
We have many songs from the previous 3 albums of the band and 2 fabulous cover tracks-IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT
of UK is blistering and DEEP PURPLE'S BURN is astonishing! This album is definitely a must have for SYZYGY fans,
but also a great addition in any collection of good progressive rock music. It’s a testimony to how good prog rock
music should be performed and composed and I really appreciate the devotion and passion of the guys. They
manage to have a solid reputation in the prog rock community without any label behind them. That's impressive
indeed.
Overall, this album is a true jewel and definitive proof that SYZYGY is a band with a strong identity and personality
and they still have many years ahead to offer to their fans good music!
5 STARS FOR SOMETHING ESSENTIAL-NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT!
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