Rasputin and Abigails Ghost

Must be time for more music reviews. Today 'Abigails Ghost', a band I came across on a Porcupine Tree mailing list. I figured it was worth grabbing a copy since it was a) cheap and b) the US dollar very weak. So what's it like, well the stuff on the list described it as Porcupine Tree like - and thats definitely true. It is quite similar to the more recent PT sound (In absentia, Deadwing and Fear of a Blank Planet), and in places there are echoes of Blackfield.
These similarities come from, initially, the vocalist who does sound a lot like Steve Wilson. The music does have similarities with PT as well.

Criticisms? yeah I've got a couple. Firstly the major difference with PT is the quality of the recording. Everything is very very flat, and the drums sound really bad. According to the website there is a drummer, but honestly they sound more like a machine. There's no depth to most of the album, so the musicianship - and it is good - is lost.

As a debut it is reasonable, as an album it looses something due to the recording.

Given the similarities to PT (honestly, I'd call Abigail's Ghost, PT-lite), I'd skip this and get some PT.

And now, a video. With thanks to Andrew for this one - a metal-ish version of Rasputin. Great Stuff.

Turisas - Rasputin

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Love, B.