Year : 2022
Style : Progressive Rock
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 327 mb
Bio:
The Flower Kings are a Swedish progressive rock band formed in 1994 by guitarist and singer-songwriter Roine Stolt. The group began as Stolt's touring band to support his third solo album The Flower King. They continued performing after the tour and have gone on to become one of the most prolific studio recording units in progressive rock, having released nearly twenty hours of music spread across twelve studio albums. Their music is similar to early symphonic progressive rock groups such as Yes, marked by sharp dynamic changes, polyrhythms, heavy bass, vocal harmonies, abstract and occasionally nonsensical lyrics, and extended song lengths.
Album:
Swedish progressive rockers THE FLOWER KINGS, and longtime label-partners InsideOutMusic, began an extensive reissue campaign in 2022 which will see the entire catalogue of the band reissued on CD & Vinyl in remastered editions.One of these is the band’s seventh album ‘Unfold The Future’, originally released in 2002. It is the first appearance of drummer Zoltan Csörsz, and also features Pain of Salvation’s Daniel Gildenlöw on guest vocals. The album has been fully remastered revealing new layers of sound, and the reissue features the full version of the song ‘Devil’s Playground’ and refreshed artwork.‘Unfold The Future’ is a strong album, one of Flower King’s best, where the music builds upon the classic style of Prog great era to a modern accessible rock/pop sound, melodic songs plus, of course, busy, impressive passages including superb solos, jazzy arrangements, crystalline ballads, and more.Two lengthy selections bookend the set. “The Truth Will Set You Free” (31 minutes) takes listeners immediately on the roller coaster of emotions and time signatures that is a Flower Kings epic. “Devils Playground” (25 minutes) gets a bit trickier, but it includes some very strong sections and provides a powerful, frenzied finale.If these two songs — along with “Monkey Business,” “Silent Inferno,” and “Genie in a Bottle” — all fly up to the group’s quality standards, the surprises are found in lower-profile tunes like “Soul Vortex” and “Christianopel,” two free-form jams.A complete, all-time interesting piece of work from these Swedish masters.
Line Up:
Roine Stolt – vocals, guitars, keyboards
Tomas Bodin – keyboards
Hasse Bruniusson – glockenspiel, dulcimer, percussion
Hasse Fröberg – vocals, guitars
Jonas Reingold – bass guitar
Zoltan Csörsz – drums
with:
Daniel Gildenlöw – vocals
Tracklist:
CD1:
01. The Truth Will Set You Free (2022 Remaster)
02. Monkey Business (2022 Remaster)
03. Black and White (2022 Remaster)
04. Christianopel (2022 Remaster)
05. Silent Inferno (2022 Remaster)
06. The Navigator (2022 Remaster)
07. Vox Humana (2022 Remaster)
CD2:
01. Genie in a Bottle (2022 Remaster)
02. Fast Lane (2022 Remaster)
03. Grand Old World (2022 Remaster)
04. Soul Vortex (2022 Remaster)
05. Rollin’ the Dice (2022 Remaster)
06. The Devil’s Danceschool (2022 Remaster)
07. Man Overboard (2022 Remaster)
08. Solitary Shell (2022 Remaster)
09. Devil’s Playground (2022 Remaster)
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