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Not very long ago I wrote a review about Brasilian
five piece band Apocalypse their live CD from the same concert
(Rio, 2005) as on this DVD (that contains the same track
list as the CD plus two bonustracks). Here’s my review in
order to get an impression from that concert.
The concert starts with Floydian inspired guitar work
but then it’s mainly early Marillion as the main source
of inspiration, especially the English vocals are mighty
close to Fish his distinctive vocals like in the songs Cut
and Tears. Most tracks sound fluent and catchy featuring
a strong rhythm-section, lots of flashy Minimoog flights
and powerful guitarplay with many howling licks. I am impressed
by the crafted musicians and the tasteful and dynamic compositions
but some songs tend to sound a bit too similar. My highlights
are Refugee (wonderful flute play, sparkling keyboards,
powerful Hammond organ and expressive vocals), Waterfall
Of Golden Waters (pleasant work on Hammond organ and Minimoog),
Tears (alternating with beautiful intro featuring twanging
guitars and choir-Mellotron and flashy synthesizers and
fiery guitar) and Coming From The Stars Medley (from compelling
to propulsive with howling guitar, again strong work on
Hammond and Moog and a warm band presentation). So what
aobut the DVD? Well, it’s nice (and sometimes a bit hilarious)
to watch the singer (he also plays decent flute) who is
so obviously inspired by Fish: his voice, his gestures,
a black-and-white mask, his enthousiastic attitude and his
warm interaction with the crowd, this man’s looks like the
Brasilian twin-brother of the huge Scottish neo-prog hero!
The lightshow and sound are OK and Apocalypse looks inspired
and playing with their soul. The extra’s on the DVD are
backstage shots, an interview (via the menu you can use
the programm for English subtitling), a photo gallery, a
biography and finally a discography, a good service to the
progheads.
If you want to watch a pleasant DVD by a lesser known
neo-prog band, this is one to discover!
www.progwalhalla.com
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