The debut album from this band from Norway.
The band was a quartet with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, electronics, flute and vocals.
This band was formed by Odd "Fezza" Ellingsen, the guitarist in St. Helena, Akasha and Høst. Odd Ellingsen was indeed the main force in the best Høst album Hardt Mot Hardt, a masterpiece in the great Norwegian progressive rock scene.
Løvetann released eight CD-R albums in limited runs of 100 x each. They were compiled and re-released in the Opus Magnum box last year. I will review all their albums this summer.
I reviewed their 2002 compilation album En Duft Av Roser in # 3 of this blog back in April 2024 and you can read this review here.
I Løvens Hule is clocking in close to thirty minutes.
The music is a blend of prog folk and heavy prog. Both Thule and Høst are good references. There is also some Jethro Tull references here.
I am tempted to label the music here (and indeed Thule's music) as Arctic Prog. The music and sound are pretty unique. That's not least because of the pretty operatic male vocals. The music is also bombastic and slightly symphonic.
The songs are pretty long with a lot of progressions throughout the songs. The vocals is good but the star here is the very good guitar solos and riffs.
That makes this a good album indeed and one to check out. This album is indeed a hidden gem and one to check out.
3 points
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