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░ ██ ██ Artist: Eloy ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: The Vision, the Sword and the Pyre █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2017 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-11-10 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Progressive Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Artist Station Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ German progressive rock band Eloy release their █
█ 18th studio album (19th if you include the █
█ Codename Wildgeese OST) and itÆs the latest of a █
█ number of concept albums, this one about the █
█ legend of Joan Of Arc. █
█ Formed in the late 60s, Eloy released a string of █
█ successful albums on Harvest, mostly released in █
█ Europe only, and were often dubbed æThe German █
█ Pink FloydÆ. In the 80's the sound was modernised █
█ (much in the same way Yes did), and over the years █
█ their brand of progressive rock dipped into █
█ symphonic and space rock. And through a number of █
█ line-up changes, drummers have included Fritz █
█ Randow (Saxon) and Jⁿrgen Rosenthal (Uli Jon Roth, █
█ Scorpions). █
█ Fronted by founder guitarist, vocalist and sole █
█ permanent member Frank Bornemann (who has also █
█ worked as a producer of a number of name bands), █
█ this new set is the first since 2009Æs █
█ æVisionaryÆ, is as good as ever. █
█ Opener æThe Age Of The Hundred YearsÆ WarÆ kicks █
█ off atmospherically and builds into some crunchy █
█ space rock. æDomremy On The 6th January 1412Æ is █
█ the first of several shorter tracks that add █
█ atmosphere and also add to the lyrical concept. █
█ æEarly SignsÆ, with a gentle start, hints to some █
█ of the 80s work, and builds nicely, thereÆs a █
█ medieval hint to the heaviness, and hints to the █
█ late 70s too. █
█ æThe CallÆ is a chunkier number and classic Eloy, █
█ the keyboards and guitars work well together. █
█ The album is a rock opera that is different to █
█ most of the genre and guests (including Canadian █
█ singer Alice Merton as Joan Of Arc), and the story █
█ is told as if by Jean De Metz, who witnessed the █
█ life and events, and kept factual as seen rather █
█ than interpreted. The use of brachial choir to █
█ delicate childrenÆs voices all add gravitas to the █
█ story and the atmosphere. █
█ This is part 1 of the concept, something that █
█ Frank Bornemann has researched in depth. Thirteen █
█ tracks, a couple of 1-2 minute bridges, a couple █
█ at six minutes and one epic at 10, and musically █
█ thereÆs a nod to both Metromania and Performance, █
█ surpassing both with aplomb. █
█ Not only is this a wonderful listen, it is also a █
█ grower, and one you can go back to and listen to █
█ completely. Musically and lyrically a journey well █
█ worth exploring. █
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░ 1. The Age of the Hundred Years' War 4:16 ░
░ 2. Domremy on the 6th of January 1412 1:47 ░
░ 3. Early Signs.. From a Longed for Miracle 4:12 ░
░ 4. Autumn 1428 at Home 0:55 ░
░ 5. The Call 5:51 ░
░ 6. Vaucouleurs 4:34 ░
░ 7. The Ride by Night.. Towards the 3:29 ░
░ Predestined Fate ░
░ 8. Chinon 9:45 ░
░ 9. The Prophecy 4:39 ░
░ 10. The Sword.. The Dawning of the 5:53 ░
░ Unavoidable ░
░ 11. OrlΘans 4:25 ░
░ 12. Les Tourelles 7:22 ░
░ 13. Why 5:10 ░
░ 62:18 ░
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