Ankh - Expect Unexpected
Metalrage is trying hard to cover almost all styles of music for the reviews. Now we have laid our hands on Ankh, a progressive rock band from Poland. Ankh described themselves as a Musical Surgical Operation, and have seen the light in 1991. Since then they have created 5 albums, with Expect Unexpected as the last one. Fans had to wait 5 years for this piece of work, and let�s see now if it was worth the waiting.
The album is difficult to listen if you are in the bad mood, so this is what I recommend. Go to your local coffeeshop, get some weed and smoke it. Then just wait a few moments and put the disc in, lay back on your bed or couch and enjoy. First song is The Trick, which is sung in both Polish and English. The comfortable sound works great on the mind and with songs like You And Me, Escape, On The Way and Never you are thrown into another world, the world of Ankh. The music is described as Progressive rock, but it�s more electronic based. Of course there is some smoothing on the album like the guitars and violin, which gives it a great atmosphere. Now combine the freaky �expect� passages with the clean sound and you�ll surely be at ease.
I can only say one thing about this album. It�s just great. Why? Well, read above. It�s the perfect mood influencer and you should just try to get a hand on this one. The funny fact is that there aren�t any annoying songs on the album. Just expect the unexpected�..
Track List:
1: Expect#1
2: The Trick
3: Love Supreme
4: Moonlight Drive
5: Expect#2
6: Loop Slow Vocal Mix
7: On The Way
8: Never
9: I Want You
10: Expect#3
11: You And Me
12: Hiding-Place
13: Escape
14: Blue
15: Loop Fast Violin Mix
16: Unexpected
Line-Up:
Guitar/vox � Piotr Krzeminski
Bass � Krzystof Szmidt
Keyboards/guitars � Michal Pastuszka
Drums/percussion � Adam Rain
Additional:
Viola � Lukasz Lisowski
Violins � Michal Jelonek