The sixth album from this band from Norway.
The band was a sextet with a lineup of drums, percussion, bass, guitars, keyboards and vocals.
The band returned again after a six years long break.
I have reviewed their first five albums and very much liked them. The band is one of the pioneers in the Norwegian prog rock scene, having released their debut album twenty years ago.
Maestro is fifty minutes long and it starts with a twenty minutes long opus.. Opus Impferfectus. That sets the tone for this album.
The music is a blend of hard prog and symphonic prog. There are some 1970s blues and hard rock influences here too. Rather lots of it too. Queensryche anno Operation Mindcrime also pops up as a reference here.
The music is pretty epic and bold. It has this 1970s hard rock sound and attitude. The vocals is very good, delivered by one of the better vocalists in Norway Eirikur Haukson, an Icelandic vocalist who debuted well over thirty-five years ago on Artch's debut album.
Maestro is not their best album. It is still a good album who will satisfy their fans and everyone into heavy prog.
3 points
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