This is a very entertaining album and features a strong cross section of musical styles. A good chunk of the disc is in progressive rock styles, while others fall into prog metal modes. However, the other influences include more obscure artists like White Witch and Hawkwind. There are style influences as far reaching as reggae, Supertramp, and Iron Maiden, as well as the classic prog tendencies of artists like Yes, Pink Floyd, Genesis, and Rick Wakeman. Machiavel (Mario Guccio, Thierry Plas, Marc Ysaye, Roland De Greef, and Herve Borbe) are joined on one track by jazz legend Toots Thielemans and on another by Jean-Luc de Sttellla.
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