It's really cool for what it is but let's be fair here. The production is all-around garbage and it's a really repetitive album - it almost feels like some songs are repeated. For an album from Bahrain, you'd expect it to more of an original sound, but's it's pretty much just spiced Camel. Which is not a bad thing at all! I like the sound of this record, it's quite charming. The strong accent only add to the pretty mysterious and almost eerie vibe. Most of ... read more
This goes so unbelievably hard.
I'm not hyping this album up just because it makes me look cool to talk about an album from Bahrain. This is some incredibly fun prog-rock. The performances have the energy of a freight train exploding. We get soaring melody after soaring melody. I was reminded of Camel with the way the music will often quickly change from really complex to simple, leading to these moments where the tension is resolved in these giant bursts on songs like "A Story of ... read more
196 Days, 196 Albums, 196 Countries: Day 13/196, Bahrain
I rarely listen to instrumental albums except for special cases like these, but I think this album might be the reason why I listen to instrumental albums. I mean, this album isn’t PURELY instrumental, but mostly… anyways, this is one of my favorites that I’ve listened to in this series so far, because everything about it is a vibe. The instruments are amazing, and a lot of the longer songs are just something I could ... read more
| 1 | Fantasy 5:52 | 90 |
| 2 | Sailor on the Seas of Fate 11:28 | 91 |
| 3 | Struggle to Survive 4:51 | 84 |
| 4 | Atmun 5:03 | 84 |
| 5 | Embers of a Flame 4:49 | 85 |
| 6 | A Story of Love 6:03 | 86 |
| 7 | Paradox in a Major 3:59 | 87 |