The debut album from this artist from Sweden.
Johan Steensland did the drums, bass, guitars, keyboards and vocals here.
He had help from a quartet of guests who provided drums, bass, guitars and female vocals.
Johan has been around the Swedish prog scene since the early 1980s without releasing anything. He had a short spell in USA before he returned to Sweden again.
Crossfade is a rock-opera he started to write and complete back in 1985. It was only recorded and released last year. Earlier this year, the second rock-opera, Duality was also released and I will review that album later this year.
Crossfade clocks in close to an hour. The music is a blend of neo-prog and art-rock.
There is a lot of Kaipa, the Angling Feelings album era, influences on this album. The female vocals are pretty similar too.
The music is both elegant and melodic. The vocals are very good. Ditto for the instruments too.
Despite some of the music being slightly cheesy, the overall quality is good and this is an album well worth checking out.
3 points
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