The Minstrel's Ghost "The Road to Avalon"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Symphonic, Neo-Prog
Label: Melodic Revolution Records
Release date: December 7, 2012
Tracklist: 

Part I The Design (31:39)
I. The Journey Begins (The Avalon Overture) (7:22)
II. Avalon Part I (4:04)
III. Merlin (5:18)
IV. Lady Of The Lake (5:51)
V. Excalibur (4:02)
VI. Avalon Part II (5:01)

Part II The Life. (29:07)
I. Camelot (7:26)
I. A Love Betrayed (7:02)
III. The Son (4:30)
IV. Avalon Part III (4:34)
V. Le Morte d'Arthur (3:07)
VI. The End (2:25)

(Bonus) The Road To Avalon (15:50)


Line-up: 

Blake Carpenter: Vocals, keyboards and guitars.
Colin Tench (Corvus Stone, BunChakeze, Odin of London) Guitars.
Marco Chiappini (Gandalf’s Project) Keyboards.
Troy James Martin (Lee Anne Savage - The Tangelos) Bass
Zoltan Csörsz Jr (The Flower Kings, Karmakanic) Drums

Description/Reviews: 

Carpenter and his very able band of merry knights give us a wonderful musical scenario, steeped in the latest digital technology and soundscapes. As concept albums go, this one very deftly avoids the easy pothole of the silly and twee, not a particularly straightforward task given the subject matter. Instead, this is a mature and serious piece of art, and I particularly love the "death of Arthur" sequence that closes the album, with sensitive vocals and an expansive rock drama that recalls the best of classic rock. In fact, the only quibble I have is that I don't find the battle effects shortly onto Part Two to be wholly necessary, given the fact that the music itself is more than capable of projecting this. However, this is a minor moan on my part.

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Media/Samples 
A Love Betrayed

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