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Empires Never Last

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This album was recently voted 'Album of the Year 2007' by Classic Rock Society! So what does that tell you!?

I saw Galahad at RosFest in 2007 and was very much taken by surprise. They were simply superb. It is a great 'concept' Cd, as all the songs are related. The music is heavy, powerful, rich and deep, melodic, even

haunting.

The lead singer, Stuart Nicholson, has one of the best voices I've ever heard, truly exceptional. Roy Keyworth on guitar and Neil Pepper on bass create an amazing sound, dare I say clearly influenced by early Genesis! Spencer Luckman is solid on drums and Dean Baker on keyboards provides the integral sound on this cd.

My favorite groups include Genesis, Camel, Nektar, Wishbone Ash, Opeth, Pendragon, Marillion, IQ, and Porcupine Tree. And I simply love this music, so that should also say something about the music.

This is certainly their best work. I also recommend the CD's Sleepers, Year Zero, and Other Crimes & Misdemeanours III (out of print) although I hope the band are working to re-release some of these.

If you want music samples, go to their website! You will be glad you did!

I like this CD. The music is pretty tuneful and that is what I ask from Progressive Rock. But there is something nagging at the back of my mind, a word that I'm reaching for.. And that word is "bland". And noodling over idiotic quotes from President Bush is hardly groundbreaking.

And then we have the last track with that minute of silence on the end. Bands who do that ( Marillion included ) have got to realise by now how irritating that is.

I will probably check out their next effort.

Wow! This band has released a real powerful gem here. Every song is great but I especially like Termination, Sidewinder and Empires Never last. The singer is great with quite a range. I'm glad I discovered this band. Amerigus needs to discover these guys. I recommend to start with the DVD. It's a great show.

When a band comes along and changes all of the rules, they deserve more than a simplistic web review; they need to be given critical acclaim, and Galahad is that band. Don't buy Galahad because you want the cookie cutter top 40's dribble, future pop classic, or soon to be Muzak elevator convert, buy them for the fact that they do not fit the music industry standard mold.

If you gave lobotomies to the members of Dream Theater, I think you might get an album like this. I thought at first I was missing something, so I listened all the way through three times, and disliked the first five cuts more with each playing.

The screaming in the first song tips you off right away that subtlety is not going to be this album's strong point. The first three songs just pound out raucous and repetitious guitar and drums, punctuated by vocals that are technically fine but completely uninteresting.

And whoever thought dubbing in gaffes by George Bush (Sidewinder) made good music was letting their politics override their artistic judgment. Like him or hate him, I don't see why anybody would want to hear his stumble-tongued mistakes sprinkled into anything musical.

I'd give it only one star, but the title cut is actually pretty good. In that one, the band shows some restraint, the vocals are more nuanced, and the melody is by far the most powerful on the album. The last cut (This Life Could Be My Last) is also listenable.

If they could have produced an entire album with the quality of the last two songs, I'd be playing it regularly. As it is, I removed everything from my system except the those cuts, because I never want to hear the rest again.