Initiation
's debut gets favorable review on one of europes top prog sites!!!
for those who dont have the cd yet, heres the review!! BUY IT NOW!!!!
INITIATION
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INITIATION
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INITIATION
is a band from the New York city area playing good old late 70s/early 80s Progressive Pomprock. 7 songs are on their CD, and when you listen to opener “Designer
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” it’s more like a trip down to memory lane, because this is prime-time classic 80s Prog/Pomprock meets Neo-Prog. The sound quality and instrumental back-up is quite perfect, but also vocally this is very impressive stuff. Guitarist/Lead singer Mark Partyka has a fantastic voice, reminding me of PETER GABRIEL (his GENESIS period) meets FISH (MARILLION). That first song “Designer
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” is really sensational, midtempo with lots of keys and excellent vocals, a bit straight-forward 70s midtempo beat, ending up sounding like a perfect mix between very early GENESIS, SAGA, MARILLION and STARCASTLE. It’s quite unusual to hear an American band playing a sort of Neo-Prog style a la IQ, MARILLION, PALLAS... but
INITIATION
also has that slight late 70s American Pomprocktouch sometimes (a la STARCASTLE/ROADMASTER), and that makes this band quite special I think. Happily all 7 included songs are in the same style, so it’s 40 minutes pleasure while listening to this album. Besides the fantastic opener, other highlights are “Vultures”, “Crystal beach” (pure early 70s GENESIS) and “Seasons change”. I can easily highly recommend this band to both Neo-Progfreaks and fans of classic late 70s Pomprock, because this band has found a perfect style combining both styles.
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