Album of the Day

Epilog, by Anglagard (1994): Along with Anekdoten, Anglagard was one of the Swedish leaders of the prog revival in the early 90s. Their two albums (this is their second) are widely viewed as modern classics. As for Epilog, it is a fantastic (if short) slice of instrumental symphonic prog. The odd thing to me is that some of the same people who praise this album to the hilt will slag off on The Flower Kings or Spock's Beard for being too repetitive of what happened in the 70s. While that may be a valid criticism (or major point in their favor), the fact is that Epilog could have fallen out of a time warp from 1973. While I don't have a problem with that, it just seems like an odd little bit of hypocrisy.