Here an excerpt of Asgard (Italy) and her album Arkan, extracted from the web MANTICORNIO :
"The first issue 'A Gathering of Fairies' , exhibits a well afiatada alternating electric and acoustic sections, with a fairly similar background to Celtic. He who comes after, 'Wulfstan ' sounds more aggressive and pompous . The same applies to the 13-minute suite entitled 'Olaf Stonehand ', although it is enriched with strong Gothic elements, particularly salient in his introductory theme (repeated as a reprise at its conclusion). The other two suites disc deserve to be mentioned specifically here: 'The Mirror of the King 'unfathomably introspective character displays through his nearly 17-minute special reference to recurrent acoustic guitar duets from MICHIELETTO and BIANCHI, reminiscent enough to of GENESIS " Trespass ", for its part, 'The Lords of the Mountain' is one of the metal pieces and sophisticated Asgard has ever written and performed-a truly spectacular closing.
Other themes are: 'The Queen of Ice ', a theme well marillionesco, flashy but not as special as the others "Arkana" 'The Squirrel ', a picturesque duet of acoustic guitars with an ethereal backdrop of keyboards and subtle percussion, and finally, 'The Breath of a Veiled Goddess ', a beautiful display of piano, choral harmonies interspersed in a climax Romance intermediate as expressive as majestic.
In short, an album that has not lost, and in my opinion should remain as one of the greatest treasures of European progressive revival of the 90's. "DOWNLOAD
