Following
in the wake of ‘Mostly Autumn’, ‘Karnataka’ tried to blend the
traditional Celtic music with melodic Progressive Rock. The band was formed up
in Swansea (Wales), in the mid ‘90’s, and their discography consists of 5
studio albums so far.
Their
latest release is the album ‘Secrets of
Angels’ which is one of their
best works so far.
The album
includes a rather mixed variety of different music styles, and that is
something very interesting in my opinion. There are some Pop-like songs for
example, and there are some others which are flirting with Heavy/Epic Metal,
mostly because of the strong guitar riffs. (On some occasions they remind me of
a lighter version of ‘Nightwish’).
The album’s
opening song is the wonderful ‘Road to
Cairo’ with the obvious Anatolian influences, which is one of the album’s
best songs without a doubt. The second track ‘Because of you’ is another very good song with an “epic” refrain,
and strong guitars in some parts. ‘Poison
Ivy’ which comes next, continues in the same style as ‘Because of You’, and it is followed by the beautiful and melodic ‘Forbidden Dreams’. With ‘Borderline’ the rhythm becomes faster,
before going down again, with ‘Fairytale
Lies’ which is the most “Pop” song of the album. ‘The 7th track ‘Feels Like Home’ is another melodic
piece, longer than the previous ones, and a very good one. The 8th
and last track is the 20 minute-long ‘Secrets
of Angels’ which is the only true Prog-oriented song of the album. But in
my opinion, it is longer that it should have been, so it becomes kind of boring
after some time.
‘Secrets
of Angels’ is a very good album in general, which will satisfy listeners with
different music tastes. Almost everybody will find some songs of his/her liking,
and that is one of the album’s advantages. As for myself, I found it very
interesting and pleasant to listen to, and that’s why my rating will be 3.5 - 4.0 out
of 5.0 stars.
Thank you for reading... :-)
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