Flower Kings- Banks of Eden (Inside Out)
Flower Kings are back after a 5-year break with their eleventh studio album "Banks of Eden", which is another unique chapter in their progressive rock journey. While the classic members are present (with Roine Stolt and Hasse Fröberg in vocals/ guitars, Jonas Reingold in vocals/ bass/ guitar and Tomas Bodin in keyboards), this is the first album with the band's new drummer, Felix Lehrmann. The album starts, as expected, with the amazing "Numbers" (with guitar interludes and great choruses that go a little over 25 minutes) which sets the mood and the expectations for a feel good record! It is followed by "For The Love Of Gold", "Pandemonium", "For Those About To Drown" and "Rising The Imperial", all of which are Flower-Kings-representative songs that are meant to accompany the listener through mellow guitars and vocals as well as a number of instruments such as flutes (more prominent in "Pandemonium").
If you are feeling this doesn't sound long enough for a progressive album, there is a bonus disc with shorter but equally amazing songs including "Illuminati", "Fireghosts", "Going Up" and "LoLines". It sounds like the 5-year gap was beneficial for the band as "Banks of Eden" is an interesting modern (but at the same time classic) progressive record that becomes better after each listen!
93/100
Below is the audio track of the song "Rising the Imperial"
If you are feeling this doesn't sound long enough for a progressive album, there is a bonus disc with shorter but equally amazing songs including "Illuminati", "Fireghosts", "Going Up" and "LoLines". It sounds like the 5-year gap was beneficial for the band as "Banks of Eden" is an interesting modern (but at the same time classic) progressive record that becomes better after each listen!
93/100
Below is the audio track of the song "Rising the Imperial"
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