The Ride to Valhalla
At over nineteen and a half minutes of sound, the opener is an epic. Classical elements start it. Spacey sounds join as the piece evolves in very slow ways. After the first minute elapses a new energy is added and the piece starts to really rock. It’s all space music at that point, with the classical things gone. Although nothing changes quickly, by about the six and a half minute mark, this thing is on fire. It’s scorching hot space rock that just plain jams. As it continues to shift and evolve, it really has some amazing moments. They know that you need to balance between faster and slower, louder and softer passages and make a great effort at doing that. It eventually drops way down for a pretty keyboard section at the end. |