Knight
Area are hailing from Holland and
here they present us their second
offering titled "Under a New
Sign". The moment I got this
cd in my hands, I assumed that their
music would fall somewhere between
epic and power metal, but after reading
on the back-cover the name of their
label I realized how wrong I was.
Laser's Edge is a label that
specializes in progressive, whether
it's called art rock, or plain rock
or metal, without ruling out other
qualitative propositions, music-wise.
The cd in question
has a very good production, just as
the genre demands and totals 55 minutes.
Knight Area is consisted of 7 musicians,
but it's mainly Gerben Klazinga's
and his brother Joop creation, if
I've understood well from their biographical
note, that is. Their music reminded
me a lot of Arena, Spock's Beard,
Pendragon and Marillion with the keyboards
holding the leading role on the songs.
This is pretty natural considering
the fact that Garben is the key figure
on the compositional aspect. Nice
melodies with very good solo parts,
well-written and well-worked songs,
mainly lengthy, just like the old
bands of the genre used to do, offering
pleasant moments of listening.
All in all, I think
that this cd will be certainly appreciated
by the fans of the aforementioned
bands and those that dig the specific
genre. Their next offering will prove
whether they can make the big step
forward in order to distinguish themselves
from the pile or they will continue
on the same motive.
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