Pallas - The Blinding Darkness


Year of Release: 2003
Label: InsideOut
Catalog Number: IOMCD 134
Format: CD
Total Time: 134:38:00

There isn?t a lot to say about this album. It?s been recorded for the DVD production, most of all.

This double CD represents a live performance the band played in Zoetermeer more than one year ago, and contains all the Pallas trademarks. Many of the songs performed here are part of the Scottish band?s last effort, The Cross Aand The Crucible. Other songs are taken from Beat The Drum, like title song and "Blood And Roses;" other ones are from Arrive Alive and The Sentinel, while The Wedge has on this album only the medley "The Executioner/Rat Racing," that is surely one of the highlights of this double CD.

But the best part of this Blinding Darkness is the encore section, where Euan Lowson appears on stage for the first time since he left the band during the Eighties. He sings on "Cut And Run" and on "The Ripper," which reminded me of "The Return Of Giant Hogweed" in some parts. It?s certain that these encores have to be appreciated more on the DVD release, thanks to the theatrical acts by Lowson. That?s for sure!

For the rest, this live album hasn?t any differences from the studio performances; it?s played very well and the production is perfect.


Tracklisting:
Disc One:The Cross & The Crucible (9:03) / For The Greater Glory (7:42) / Who's To Blame (4:47) / The Executioner/Rat Racing (11:03), / Crown Of Thorns (10:13) / Beat The Drum (8:57) / Blood And Roses (5:53) / The Blinding Darkness (6:13) / Towers Of Babble (9:39)

Disc Two:: Midas Touch (9:52) / Celebration! (10:26) / Rise And Fall Part 1 (6:09) / East West (5:00) / March On Atlantis (3:13) / Atlantis (8:05) / Cut And Run (5:32) / The Ripper (12:47)

Musicians:
Alan Reed - vocals
Graeme Murray - bass and vocals
Ronnie Brown - keyboards
Niall Mathewson - guitars
Colin Fraser - drums

Guest appearance:

Euan Lowson - vocals

Discography:
Arrive Alive (1981)
The Sentinel (1984/2000)
The Knightmoves EP (1985)
The Wedge (1986/2000)
Knightmoves To Wedge (combo reissue) (1986)
Sketches (1989)
Beat The Drum (1999)
Live Our Lives (2000)
The Cross And The Crucible (2001)
Mythopoeia (2002)
Blinding Darkness (2003)
The Dreams Of Men (2005)
The River Sessions 1 (2005)
The River Sessons 2 (2005)
Official Bootleg 27.01.06 (2006)
Moment To Moment (2009)
XXV (2011)
Live At Loreley (2013)
The Sentinel Demos (2013)
The Sentinel Rought Mixes (2013)
The Arrive Alive Demos (2013)
The Knight Moves Demos (2013)
Live - Southampton 1986 (2013)
Wearewhoweare (2014)
Courage - And Other Songs Of War And Peace (2018)

The Blinding Darkness (DVD) (2003)
Live From London (DVD) (2005)
Moment To Moment (DVD) (2008)
Live At Loreley II (DVD) (2013)

Genre: Progressive Rock

Origin UK

Added: November 16th 2003
Reviewer: Davide Guidone
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