While Carl Palmer does a lot of music that was performed by Emerson Lake and Palmer, don’t expect his renditions to sound like that band. The motif on Palmer’s solo material is closer to a metallic fusion. Guitar is much more prominent and much crunchier. That said, there are definite ELP-like moments. All in all this live album is a strong release that just plain rocks.

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There’s a symphonic bombastic opening section. Then the drums take over. From there they eventually make it out into the song proper. It’s a hard rocking, nearly metal, rendition in comparison to the original ELP version. The guitar dominates and has some serious crunchy sounds.