Ziemia I Slonce - Ankh

Ankh has been one of the more prominent Polish progressive rock groups of recent times, and crafted a memorable niche for itself largely for being known as the hard rock band that incorporates a violin into all of their songs, regardless of mood or relevance, to see what happens. The result is interesting and distinctive, if a little jarring at times as would be expected, and 'Ziemia i Slonce' (I have to use English letters in place of correct Polish symbols, as dooyoo doesn't like those very much) ends up being a fairly average album, but one worth modern prog fans checking out. The harder rock edge of this album is more in line with the efforts of Porcupine ...