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Flamborough Head from Holland was formed in 1995 and they took
their name after a cliff on the East Coast of England. They are
playing modern melodic symphonic neo-progressive rock, and their
debut CD is a symphonic masterpiece with long beautiful tracks.
The musicians are very tight and their keyboard-based music is
reminiscent to bands like Camel, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis,
IQ, Marillion, Pendragon, Pink Floyd, Rush, Saga and Twin Age. I
can't pick any specific track as favourite as all of them are
equally good. The songs are the opening "Schoolyard Fantasy",
"Wolves at War", "Childscream", the ten-minute title track
"Unspoken Whisper", the instrumental "Legend of the Old Man's
Tree", the complex 10-minutes "Xymphonia" and the closing epic
instrumental track "Heroes". The songs however have a little too
much clichés and my least favourite is "Childscream".
If you're into neo-progressive rock I think that the CD is well
worth buying, as it's one of the better neo-progressive releases
recently. A really impressive debut album although it lacks a
little in originality. However I'm looking forward to hear their
follow-up. A promising band for the future!
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