Hundred Year Flood [IMPORT]

Magellan

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 4, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Roadrunner Japan
• ASIN: B000065E6M
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #652,001 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive epitaph for a brother lost in Vietnam, August 5, 2002

By A Customer

This album is actually just one (35 minute) number, and some "filling". But oh, the 35 minute monster-piece: The Great Goodnight. It is a classical Magellan-composition, meaning that it propably sounds like nothing you've ever heard before. It has everything: the vocal harmonies, shredding guitars, impressive keyboards, etc. I don't think a Vietnam-story has ever been done this way. Together with pictures and news-clippings from the Gardner family foto-album, it is really impressive. The song is the story of frontman Trent Gardner's brother, Jack, who died in Vietnam, when Trent was "only four".
But let's not forget the "filling": The magic flute of Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) makes an appearance on the second song: Family Jewels. And the third and final song, Brother's Keeper, with a length of 10 minutes is itself an epic, only a little bit drowned out by The Great Goodnight. This song sounds a little more like Magellans third album "Test of Wills". A bit more metal, a bit more aggressive. The song is about taking responsibility for your own actions, or the lack thereof...
As you can see, there is something for every prog-lover. This album deserves to be bought as soon as possible!