SALMACIS

Responding to Blechtrommel, the group's masterpiece is "Inner Mounting Flame" and the masterpiece within the masterpiece is "Noonward Race," where the musicians' astonishing technique is elevated to the unbelievable. Very good as well is Visions of Emerald Beyond, but with an entirely different lineup (besides John MAC L.).

Great review, very technical, for a great album. Perhaps it would have been appropriate to spend a few more words on the second vinyl (Moon in June (!) and Out-bloody... especially for Wyatt's masterpiece). The platter also features a very well-defined geometric structure (one side for each component and the final one for the whole) that could have been highlighted. Nevertheless, the masterpiece of the Canterbury scene straddling progressive, jazz, and (a little) psychedelia.

Dear David81, congratulations on the Pink Floyd reviews (even if Atom isn't exactly AOR) and, above all, on Revolver, but I didn't like you in this one. You should have analyzed the substance of the album much more and not settled for a brief glance (even if it's shareable and successful).

In the dispute between Jonah and OleEimar, I side with the former. This album has so much musical substance that it cannot claim anything less than a 5. As for the accusation of lacking originality, let the work be historicized, and at that point, everything adds up, indeed!

great but I prefer the pharaoh's garden

Their best work: the summa opus of funeral doom...hardly surpassable...and in my opinion not too difficult (relatively speaking), definitely more accessible than pernicious enigma.

I’m still uncertain about the judgment to give to this platter. I really love Heir Apparent and The Lotus Eater, a step below is Hessian Peel: the first 6 minutes are fantastic while the second half feels too cerebral and forcedly prog. Porcelain Heart and the opener are okay; pointless Hex Omega (they really could have worked on it more, it has a sense of incompleteness and inconclusiveness well captured by the reviewer), while I find it hard to align myself with the enthusiastic reviews I see coming from everywhere for Burden. The new members, however, are excellent (though Mendez, who has long been the bassist, is not on drums). I had some fears regarding the quality of the drummer (it’s the former Bloodbath Martin Axenrot): it wasn’t easy to replace Lopez, yet Axenrot has significantly grown in both technical prowess and creativity (he’s never lacked power). Akesson on guitar is indisputable... and you can tell (see the solo on Porcelain Heart).

The best of Heep: Infused with early '70s spirit through and through. Birds of Prey is, alongside the subsequent "The Park," the peak of the album. The first true metal song in history. Period. The Park has an atmosphere of endless sadness that Heep will never draw from again, so pure. Lady in Black is perfect for a circle around the bonfire on the beach, but in the long run, it gets a bit tiring... partly due to the interminable outro, but that too is quintessentially '70s. The suite is good as well, full of brass. But the real gems shine at the beginning. I quite like the cover.

Yes, the comparison to Zappa is excellent. Overflowing creativity that just needs the balance of form to be considered a masterpiece, but certainly not lacking in substance and ideas.

Beautiful but not a masterpiece, which is instead "Death...Santa Claus" by Second Hand, interesting also the first Reality. The teas are very good, but even here we can't talk about a masterpiece, even though the progressive rating from Giunti gives it 5 stars.