Producers: Arjen Anthony Lucassen
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digiben · 4.0 / 5 · · 2018-04-01 12:35:04
EveryDisc · 3.5 / 5 · · 2017-10-18 06:47:39
Another conceptual album / rock-metal-opera from Arjen Lucassen. Some will say that this is another milestone in world progressive music, I will say that perhaps only in Dutch. The fashion for such projects, in my view, has passed. And even though James LaBrie, Tobias Sammet, Hansi Kürsch, and Russell Allen are present here, I forced myself to listen to this opus for a long time. Extremely rarely can such projects delight with something truly worthwhile, and even more so surprise. However, even though The Source did not surprise, it did delight (and by this it surprised, by the way). The album does not sound as boring as the majority of Arjen's latest creations. The material hardly sags anywhere due to the concept and lasts only 88 minutes — 2 LP - not wildly long, but quite optimal. Although one can listen to The Source in its entirety, and if you are a fan of prog-concepts, then it is directly mandatory.
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