2005, 2005, Initial pressing is housed in a stylish digibook! For the 10th anniversary you can also give a gift to yourself. The English prog rockers of Clive Nolan and Mick Pointer do so with their sixth studio album "Pepper's Ghost." Arena's new work is not only a worthy successor of "Contagion" but the most courageous, powerful and varied album in the band's history. And if this wouldn't be enough, the quintet defines itself completely new as a kind of Victorian comic heroes.
The highlight of "Pepper's Ghost" is the unbelievable "Opera Fanatica" with which Arena can also convince the last of the sceptics: thirteen minutes of concentrated creative power in which symphonic drama and chattering metal guitars meet refined arrangements and powerful drums. Conclusion: a more wonderful gift the band hadn't given to itself, celebrating their anniversary. Happy Birthday Arena, and on to the next ten years!