Early Cross "Pathfinder"

Country: Japan
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock
Label: Lion Music
Release date: February 14, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. Ashes & Yarrow
2. Cry Havoc
3. Hymn to the Fallen
4. In the Half Light of the Canyon
5. Cairn
6. The Pilgrimage
I. Journey’s End: Recollections
II. Babel: Questions on What We Are
III. Daisies: Visions of Home
IV. Restoration: Homeward-bound
7. The Fog

Line-up: 
Natasha Vaichuk – Vocals
Hiroaki Kato – 6 & 12 String Guitars, Bouzouki, Pianos, Mellotrons, Organs
Yugo Maeda – Bass
Yushi Soutome – Drums
Guests:
Jan Erik Liljeström – Spoken Words on "The Fog"
Mutsumi Tanamura – Spoken Words on "The Pilgrimage"
Shigetsugu Hagiya – Additional Guitar on "The Pilgrimage"

Description/Reviews: 

The band aims at solemn and desolate ‘Picturesque Music’. Combining a wide variety of styles from 70′s Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock, and Folk/Trad, their unique style with its dark elements may be known as ‘Landscape Rock’. With a sound much bigger than the sum of their parts, "Pathfinder" is a strong label debut full of carefully crafted music, depth, musical richness and emotion with a dark foreboding presence that will find favour with fans of Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Riverside, Day Six, The Gathering, The Wishing Tree etc.

Aslo read the review by Chris Auclair at myglobalmind.com

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