Symphonic Progressive Rock Norway

Original 2006

2 CD Release

Neu / New

Credits:

Tomas di Sansimone - Drums
Idar Eidsaune - Bass guitar
Paal Selsjord Bjorseth - Piano, organ, harpsichord
Per Christian Jorstad - Cello
Synne Teiseth Norbeck - Flute
Staale Storlökken - Synthsolo
Sigrid Inderberg - Flute
Hanna Haugan - Cello
Mattis Sorum - Electric and acoustic guitars, el-sitar, organs, keyboards

Voices:

Petter Selliseth
Ingrid Strid
Lise Granden Berg
Gry Tronslien
Eva Marianne Olsson
Stian Leknes
Mattis Sorum
Martin Adams Kvam
Nina Utbjor Guldal

CD 1:

1. Prologue
2. The King his Land pt. I
3. The Gate of Lost Souls
4. Pride - The Path of Thorns
5. Envy pt. I - In Shadow
6. Envy pt. II - Broken Glass
7. Wrath pt. I - A Wandering in the Dark
8. Wrath pt. II - The Beast Within
9. Gluttony - Corrosion of Flesh

CD 2:

1. Sloth pt. I - Retrospective Visions
2. Sloth pt. II - Red Sunset a Drowning Fly
3. Greed pt. I - The Golden Path
4. Greed pt. II - Warning not Heard
5. Lust pt. I - The Temptress of Unchastity
6. Lust pt. II - A Sleepers Awakening
7. The King his Land pt. II - Pensiveness

The music is grand and complex in the instrumentation, and strong melodies plays an important role in the compositions. Many of the songs are pretty long and there are many compositional relationships to bind it all together. The voice of the main character is male, but the vocals are decorated all the way through by three different female-voices. The music goes from very heavy passages to lyrical acoustic themes, and contains a lot of symphonic instruments and analogue synths. With the symphonic orchestra and the analogue synths already mentioned we hear solistic melodies of the flute, cello, oboe and the violin. A Sleepers Awakening is a concept-album.