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Review:
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Here’s another Roine Stolt project, it’s one of Progwalhalla’s
best running items so I was very curious to their sound.
Well, to me the 12 varied and melodic songs sound as a blend
of progressive pop, Art-rock (Queen, 10CC), symphonic rock
(Genesis and Procol Harum) and modern progressive rock (Spock’s
Beard, The Flower Kings), tastefully arranged with a wide
range of instrumentation (from a lot of vintage keyboards
to ukelele and fretless bass by Jonas Reingold). The English
vocals sound inspired, the lyrics have a (often cynical)
meaning and we can enjoy many different atmospheres in the
12 compositions, from dreamy and slow rhythms to bombastic.
Roine Stolt delivers many fiery and biting guitar solos
along work on the acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar and
ukelele and Biggo Zelfries has an important role by pleasantly
colouring the songs with his Minimoog, Hammond, Mellotron
and acoustic – and electric pianos, his work gives a typically
Seventies touch (especially on the titletrack, Heroes &
Beacons and Bomb Inside Her Heart) to Agents Of Mercy their
sound, apparently this modern and accessible sounding progressive
music appeals to many progheads.
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