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 Temple Of The Cat - Ayreon
Newest Review: ... this allowed Lucassen's prog rock tendencies to come to the forefront, and the four tracks here are representative of this ... more  ... softer side of the project. 'My House on Mars' is the most true to the album's style, a long-winded, moody piece sung by Johan Edlund and Floor Jansen to balance out the female dominance of the rest of this release, and it features some great, if limited guitar riffs and Pink Floyd style solos from Lucassen in addition to his ever-present, leading keyboards.
The rest of the songs, however, really don't sound like typical Ayreon at all, which is probably what makes them more suitable for commercial release to be hon...more |
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Temple Of The Cat - Ayreon: King of the Mayan Gods (594 words)
by - written on 04/02/08 (Very useful, 27 readings)
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Ayreon albums have always possessed a nice mix of styles from loud, heavy and bombastic ten minute epics to short and simple ballads, and predictably it's always been the latter variety that Arjen Lucassen has attempted to shift as singles in their own right, to draw in his prog crowds rather than the existing metal fans. This is a bit of an odd tendency, especially as singles such as this in particular don't really give an accurate idea of Ayreon in general, predominantly featuring songs that are the exception rather than the norm. 'Temple of the Cat' was a precursor to 'The Dream Sequencer' album, which represented a drastic change of direction from what ... Read the complete review
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