Crystal Palace Dawn Of Eternity

2016, Crystal Palace are a German progressive/art-rock band from Berlin who have been around for some time honing their chops and advancing their songwriting skills which has led to this little gem - their seventh studio album. Sounding to these ears very similar to label stablemates RPWL (no bad thing, RPWL are one of the finest progressive rock bands around) with a smattering of Hogarth-era Marillion, Pendragon, Arena and, ubiquitously, Porcupine Tree, DAWN OF ETERNITY is an eight track progressive rock tour-de-force. The whole album is a top-notch effort - much thought has gone into both the subject matter and the music to produce a magnum opus of colossal proportions with exceptional musicianship throughout. The band arrange their music well with passages that build into beautiful climaxes in the classic Prog tradition, with instrumental guitar soaring passages backed with lush keyboard backdrops. There's also plenty in the way of virtuosi parts to please the guitar fans.