BTL (not BLT) arrive in a blitz of roman numerals, encouraging an immediate v out of x for originality.
But what of the music?
'
Chapter III - Stories' is a dozen, stand alone vignettes, where the "Labyrinth" is life and lots of fairly obvious questions, masquerading as a profound examination of humanity, get asked.
Musically, it's an odd mixture of melodic rock, progrock and symphonic metal. Strangely, despite that sounding like an appealing cocktail, the music is fairly bland and uneventful, lacking the vision and variation required to engage and to hold our attention. Tracks like '
Oceans Apart', '
The Darkest Place' and '
Saturation Point' all run into each other like they didn't notice the lights had changed.
That said, mainman Geert Fieuw - writer, guitarist, keyboardist, producer - writes a decent song, with some hooky melodies flowing by along the way. '
Hidden Agenda' and '
The Peter Principle' show real promise. Maybe a fresh pair of eyes and hands at the studio mixing desk would shed a fresh perspective on his material.
Style: Melodic Prog
Rating: 5/10Posted by
Brian - Friday, June 17, 2011
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