The fifth album from this multi-national project.
The project, lead by Jose Manuel Medina from Mandalaband, had over twenty contributors and a lineup of drums, percussion, bass, guitars, strings, piano, organ, keyboards, synths, programming, woodwinds, flute and vocals.
Their fourth album, Talking To The Moon, was an almost four hours long album. A total over-the-top album which I reviewed some days ago. An album kicking wildly in all directions. An incoherent piece of music, in other words.
Jose Martin Medina has scaled back a bit when it comes to Seven Deadly Sins, the seventy minutes long follow up album.
The music is a blend of symphonic prog and cinematic rock. Mostly symphonic prog, album it has to be said. This is therefore their symphonic prog album.
This album has four medium long tracks, eight to fifteen minutes long, and three suites. All of them with lots of instruments and vocals. The music is still coherent and melodic. The music is not particularly overly bloated either.
The result is their best album and a good album in it's own right. This to my surprise, it has to be said. But I am happy when I get a postive surprise and this album is one of them.
If symphonic prog is your favourite genre, this is an album well worth checking out.
3 points
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