After going on a bit of a downer with their previous
FEAR, Royal Hunt return to form with this album, which is based on Ray Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles". I'm not particularly familiar with Bradbury's work, but it makes for an interesting listen (although I still can't warm to Jon West's voice as much as I did that of DC Cooper), and while the music has few surprises for anyone with this band's sound (there are seven songs mixed in with six shorter pieces, and the choruses pretty much all follow the same pattern and style), it's still enjoyable, and those who like the familiar should be quite content with this one. I was.
***1/2
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