Beneath The Waves

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Release Date: 2012-10-22

Label: Ritual Echo Records

Limited edition 200 copies 180 gram black vinyl. Put your headphones on. Turn out the lights. We're winding back the clock. Remember when major record labels had big bucks to spend on creating aural masterpieces? When commercial musicians were given creative freedom and their work was released on sleek vinyl encased in gatefold sleeves? Those years may be a fond memory but Magentas keyboard player Rob Reed has wound back the clock to produce a breathtaking concept album; Kompendium's "Beneath The Waves". "Beneath The Waves" features a guest list of Prog Rocks most respected musicians including Steve Hackett, Gavin Harrison, and Mel Collins. The album is a dark Celtic fairytale set in Ireland at the turn of the 20th century and is about a man whose wife commits suicide, only for them to be reunited in death. Steve Balsamo, recently with Jon Lord's band, takes on lead vocals. The album is housed in a laminated gatefold sleeve with full colour inners, bringing Geoff Taylor's specially commissioned artwork to life.