It seems that each album Alex Carpani does raises the bar. The brand of symphonic prog meets metallic presented here is exceptional. This album is made up of two epic length suites. Each fits well together, while also covering a good amount of territory. As strong as his previous music was, I think this is his best album yet. If you like prog that wanders into metallic territory, but also presents plenty of symphonic qualities, you really need to check this out.

This instrumental introductory piece has some train track sounds. It’s also got a moody, ethereal vibe to it.   

This powers in with a guitar rock sound. The track is decidedly proggy and lands in the vein of something like Dream Theater. It has a lot of prog magic, but also plenty of hard rocking energy and sound. It’s also packed with some cool changes. There is a dropped back movement that feels almost fusion-like.

There are some voice soundbites built into this. It’s atmospheric and trippy from a musical point of view, but it builds upward in dramatic ways. Non-lyrical vocals come in later.      

This is such a driving powerhouse. That whole Dream Theater kind of thing is at play here, too. This thing is really potent.

This has a cool melodic prog vibe to it. The instrumental break is on fire here as is the later vocal section built on it.

Non-lyrical female vocals soar over the top of this melodic prog arrangement. The cut builds and grows. It’s very cool.

Here we get another driving, powerhouse cut with plenty metallic prog concepts at play.

Now we get a big change with very mellow vibes and some hints of Celtic music at play. It gets more powerful later, and the female vocals return. Then it turns mellow again further down the road. 

Killer triumphant sounding progressive rock is on the menu here. This is another powerhouse track. This instrumental piece does a great job of ending this suite in a very satisfying way.

While some ambient music is heard, someone searches for a channel on a radio dial.

Coming out of that instrumental introductory piece, this has some powerhouse melodic prog jamming. The cut is driving and powerful. The instrumental break starts with some killer keyboard work and builds out from there.

This start with some mellower modes. That holds it for a time, and we get more of those female vocals. It eventually shifts to more driving hard rocking sounds.

A mellower piece of music, this has a lot of emotion and style packed into it.

More driving and hard rocking, this still has melodic prog elements. I really love the bass work on this thing.       

This starts gradually and works out with a soundbite over the top. There are soaring operatic vocals in place, too. I really love when the organ kicks in after the one minute mark. It brings almost a classical meets Rick Wakeman vibe as it solos. Then it literally turns toward familiar classical music lines for a time. As it builds out to more rocking territory that continues for a time. The track gets into more exploratory prog territory, but then the organ takes control as it drops back down to some operatic vocals in the back of the mix with ambience beyond them. An opera vocal solo with limited accompaniment takes over from there. It continues to evolve with more melodic symphonic prog taking over with soaring operatic vocals over the top. That part segues into the next track.

Driving guitar based rock with an intriguing rhythmic vibe is the concept here. This is cool metallic prog that works really well.     

Hard-edged prog with soaring female vocals is the order of business here.   

Continuing with similar themes, this is a killer powerhouse track. It drops to mellower stuff with the sounds of kids playing and similar stuff over and ambient background around the halfway mark.