Space Odyssey - Embrace The Galaxy - review
Space Odyssey - Embrace The Galaxy - review
Tracklist
01. Despair And Pain02. Embrace The Galaxy
03. Emposium
04. Entering The Dome
05. The House With A Hundred Windows
06. Grand Opening
07. Requiem For A Dream
08. Seduction Of Life
09. A Perfect Day
A review by
Dream Taster July 08, 2004
Quite different from Richard's other band Time Requiem, this album based on the idea of a space odyssey features great moments all along. Between Yngwie Malmsteen, Ark, Ayeron and Adagio with a darker feel to it, "Embrace The Galaxy" exceeds expectations. The duet guitar-keyboard works better than on any other CD featuring Richard Andersson. The compositions are more progressive yet more aggressive and the splendid voice of Patrik Johansson [somewhere between Ronnie James Dio and David Coverdale] even capitalizes it. Magnus Nilsson has some Yngwie Malmsteen and Timo Tolkki influences. The last time I heard such an amazing job on a guitar, I was listening to early Concerto Moon releases. There is no messing around with that album, let's face it, it is gold. "Embrace The Galaxy" is an exceptional Neoclassical opera-like, very progressive with thundering guitar riffs and state of the art vocals. Not only that, it really blows my mind considering that it has to be the most powerful compositions in Prog Metal I've ever heard.
With all that, I almost forget to talk about the wonderful artwork featuring splendid pictures of nebulas, stars, moons and spiral galaxies. It's gorgeous and refreshing.
Fan of any kind of Progressive metal, this one is for you! Fan on Neoclassical, especially Malmsteen's die hard followers, this is also for you. I've rarely heard such a perfect harmony between guitars and keyboards than on "Embrace The Galaxy". Powerful songs, breathtaking solos, amazing vocal performance and killer rhythm section sum up quite poorly this excellent dark odyssey into space. So, stop complaining and give it a try, in my opinion, it will surely remain amongst the best albums of 2004. I'm addicted!
Written on 08.07.2004 by
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I happened to listen to this album today. If you call this Prog then I don't know what isn't Prog.  Imo, straight out Power Metal. This album is best described with similarities to Masterplan and Jorn Lande's solo albums: same sort of song structure, even the vocalist sounds quite like Lande. Which is what caught my attention when I started listening. Still, pretty solid stuff and makes a good listen if you are into this kind of music.I.
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More than 20 years after its release and I’m still playing this album a lot. This is a complete album and so much fun to listen to. It’s in my top 10 ever. And I listen to a lot of music. To me I think what sets this album apart is not just the songs or musicianship , it just sounds like the band had a ton of fun making it. Highly recommended
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