Osiris - Visions From The Past-2007-320k[Awesome Prog Rock From The Middle East- English Lyrics]

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Osiris - Visions From The Past

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Artist...............: Osiris

Album................: Visions From The Past

Genre................: Progressive Rock

Source...............: NMR

Year.................: 2007

Ripper...............: NMR

Codec................: LAME

Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III

Quality..............: Insane, (CBR 320kbps)

Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz

Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3

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Tracklisting

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1. (00:02:26) Osiris - As We Begin

2. (00:02:20) Osiris - A New Day

3. (00:01:27) Osiris - Verse 1 - Days Gone By

4. (00:01:37) Osiris - I Remember

5. (00:05:45) Osiris - Is It Time

6. (00:01:36) Osiris - Verse 2 - Winds Of Change

7. (00:06:22) Osiris - The Memory Will Still Remain

8. (00:01:12) Osiris - Verse 3 - Hope

9. (00:06:39) Osiris - We Will Stop For No One

10. (00:01:24) Osiris - Verse 4 - Leave Me With My Memories

11. (00:07:01) Osiris - Life's An Endless Dream

12. (00:11:55) Osiris - Finally; A - Mayhem, B - Visions From The Past

Playing Time.........: 00:49:43

Total Size...........: 113.88 MB

NFO generated on.....: 05/02/2009 06:10:39

Martin Hughes-lead vocals, flute, acoustic guitar

M. Alsadeql-electric guitar, backing vocals

N. Alsadeql-drums, percussion

A. R. Arian-organ, keyboards

Khalid Shamlan-piano, keyboards, backing vocals

Hadi Saeed-bass



Impressive release by this band from Bahrain.This is the first Osiris CD in 16 years. By this time there were some line up changes and only the Alsadeql brothers and keyboardsman A. R. Arian remained since their last studio work.



Visions From The Past is full of middle eastern rhythms, melodies and instruments much in the vein of early Camel, Pink Floyd and Pendragon.

Some spoken words in arab are used for good measure. The result, is a strong collection of songs that mix very well western prog music with traditional Bahrain tunes.



If you're into neo prog this is surely a must have: melodic, powerful, convincing, emotional, sometimes quite epic, with great guitar and keys interplay (even with some great Hammond sounds here and there). The singer might be of western origin judging by his name, but the music is definitly from that part of the world,

This album succeeds in being a genuine musical osmosis between two cultures.

An excellent addtion to any prog collection.