Tuesday, September 16, 2025

X Panda - Reflections (2016)

 

The second and final album from this band from Estonia.

The band was a quintet with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars, keyboards and vocals.

Three guests added backing vocals.

This album is the follow up to their 2011 album Flight Of Fancy. That was a decent enough album with a blend of heavy prog, progressive metal, symphonic prog and fusion.

Five years has gone and the band returned with this one hour long album.

The music is a blend of heavy prog, progressive metal, cinematic rock and fusion.

Most of the music is again instrumental. This one hour covers a large area and some genres of music. From soft cinematic rock via fusion, heavy prog to some very heavy progressive metal.

The vocals is good and the band does a good job on some pretty good pieces of music. 

The music is also a bit mired in the 1990s soundscape. 

This album is a bit too incoherent. That said, this is still a pretty good album.  

2.5 points 

 

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