Time: Progressive Rock/Metal
Info: Mp3, CBR 256 kbps
Info: 149 M?
The history of this band goes all the way back to the 1970s; however, MAGICAL KARMA is only the second album of the Hanover-based rock veterans, helmed by multi-instrumentalist Wieland Hofmeister. This album is also the last record to ever be graced with the vocals of Andrew MAC McDermott (Threshold, Sergeant Fury), who died last year at age 45. It is this voice that adds a very special tone to the lushly arranged hybrid of art-rock and prog metal. The music is complex, and at times, even overloaded, but MAC’s voice always serves as the rock in the surf, as the railing the listener can hang onto in this wild sea of eclecticism. MAGICAL KARMA is heavier than YARGOS’ previous output, but that new heaviness is actually quite becoming. Listen to the final mammoth track, “The Wolves Howled (And You Pray)” if you don’t believe me. MAGICAL KARMA is an album that requires patience, but it is also the powerful legacy of a great singer.
