GLASS HAMMER CHRONOMETREE FREE DOWNLOAD

For a start, Fred Schendel is mainly on keyboards instead of going the multi-instrumentalist route that those albums would see him take. But on the downside, it could just as well be just another cover band. The whole plan was to sound like a cross of ELP and Yes. At least it provides some variety. Forget the whole concept thing, it's not important. Retrieved July 21, I don't want to give you the impression that there aren't moments of exquisite joy on this album, because there are, but way too many songs sparkle, burst into fire spectacularly and then fizzle out.

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So you don't need another mix of the two. I love classic ELP, and any strong attempt to honor them is a good thing. The big Hammond sound gloriously dominates "Empty Space and Revealer" with Mellotron swathes and steel guitar cascading over piano. No shortage of emotion either. I don't want to give you the impression that there aren't moments of exquisite joy on this album, because there are, but way too many songs sparkle, burst into fire spectacularly and then fizzle out.

The best asset of this fourth studio album comes from the trully memorable tunes and the presence of a great singer in the unknown Brad Madler. Their line up is too good to be true. Glass Hammer's official website.

At least it provides some variety.

Glass Hammer - "Chronometree" Review

Retrieved July 21, Views Read Edit View history. That does not make them less enjoyable. It is a tongue-in-cheek concept album concerning a young man called Tom, who becomes convinced that aliens are trying to communicate with him through his albums.

A pity, because they are terrific players. Be it Howe's distant chronometeee clear, sliding and noodling guitar sound, or the atmospherics and effects from Relayer, one can only come haammer the conclusion that Glass Hammer knows their heroes.

I have a few ELP albums and some Yes too. I honestly think that Babb and Schendel gave their own fingerprint with Lex Rex and stapled it harder with Shadowlands.

Without listening, but only after talking on my preferred ones and on the style of GH The two guest guitarists Terry Clouse Somnambulist and Arjen Lucassen Ayreon turn out to be great counterparts from the bombastic keyboards by delivering strong soli, interplay with the keyboards Hammond and Mellotron and duo-guitarwork.

Production is also ok: However, unlike ELP, there's some excellent guitar passages with Mellotron drifting underneath. Chronometree is full of epic music, highly melodic, guaranteed to sweep you away at times with its amassed emotional power and knack for uplifting or arousing themes.

CHRONOMETREE

Glass Hammer is a killer band. And this leaves a gnawing feeling of incompletion for the album as a whole, a feature that certainly has the potential of overshadowing chronometrre instrumental prowess. Various snipets of prog masterpieces are reborn, especially the keyboard mastery of Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman. The way the tempo shifts is a fabulous touch on this hwmmer highlight.

Some pleasant moments here and there, but not in an even flow. It is a heavier song with dark synth tones and pounding percussion. It is the first album to feature Susie Bogdanowicz then named Susie Warrenwho is featured as guest backing vocalist in the album gllass would later join the band as lead singer for subsequent releases. Shapes Of The Morning 1: They did open the show with a song from this album, which was promising to me, but I'm afraid the performance of Lex Rex bored me to tears.

But back to this album.

Chronometree - Wikipedia

Glass Hammer albums albums Concept albums s progressive rock album stubs. But then he's just a guest musician for a change. Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker. The instrumental "Chronotheme" injects some Crimsonian sounds during the opening, but ends on the same ELP-ish keyboard sounds.

With each release the songwriting and ylass arrangements of Glass Hammer sound more tight, cohesive and eventually convincing.