Monday, November 9, 2009

Knight Area: Realm of Shadows


If you are a fan of progressive rock or Europop, you might enjoy Realm of Shadows, the third album from Dutch band Knight Area. If you’re not a fan of that genre, then chances are the album won’t do much for you.

Realm of Shadows has, to say the least, an interesting vibe to it. It has the fairly electric sound that sets progressive rock apart as a genre, but that seems to be the only cohesive aspect of the album.

On some songs, such as “A Million Lives,” Realm of Shadows has an 80s flair similar in style to that of The Police. On others, such as the second half of “Occlusion” Knight Area sounds closer to one of the definitive prog-rock bands, Pink Floyd. ...MORE

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