Millennya - Time Has Come | ||
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Label: independent Producer: Millennya & Terje Refssnes Year: 1998 Total Playing Time: 40:09 m:s Review date: 17/03/2000 |
| Web site: www.millennya.com
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| Rating: 76% | ||
| Verdict: Catchy prog!!! | ||
| Millennya are a new band from Norway. Whilst their basic sound could be described as progressive rock, they take in quite a few more accessible elements, such as AOR, to create that all to rare quality these days - their own sound. Despite that progressive streak they manage to keep the songs down to a sensible 4 minutes or thereabouts.
"Faded Prints" starts the album off with an impressive vocal harmony that reoccurs throughout the song. The song sets the scene for much of the album - progressive style verses and AOR style choruses. An excellent start to the album. A bit of Dream Theater style riffing kicks off "Crazy Man" before the drums take on almost a dance/jazz feel reminding me of The Scorpion's "Eye To Eye" album. Out of the middle of this a big chorus leaps out of the song to grab your attention. The progressive content is increased for "Truth" which squeezes in a quirky bassline and some offbeat piano in between another big chorus. "Don't Wanna Be Here" is slows the pace down, but is spoilt somewhat for me by the strained sounding vocals on the chorus. "Dance Macabre" lifts the pace again before "Heaven and Hell". Whereas many progressive bands tend to over instrument their material, Millennya let this stark beautiful ballad flow naturally with mostly just piano accompaniment. Definitely one of the album highlights. The stunning vocal harmonies that I mentioned at the start of the review crop up again on "Storyteller". "Fooling Myself" is a mid-tempo almost pomp rocker with another great chorus. Eloy sprang to mind when listening to "Black & White". "No Guts" is one of the more obviously progressive tunes and this trend is continued on closer "Long Hard Fall". Millennya have shown a bit of initiative and created what I'll describe as "catchy prog". Whereas many progressive bands wouldn't recognize a good chorus if it smacked them in the head, Millennya have shown them how it should be done. The last band I remember trying something like this was A.C.T. Somehow the A.C.T. album didn't quite work for me, but Millennya have been more successful. After listening to this album, I'm intrigued as to what direction they will take next time out- will it be more progressive or AOR? | ||
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