LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

1 - Home Back (0'47)2 - I Want To Pray (5'09)3 - Strange World (6'48)4 - Des Milliers D'Ames (6'12)5 - Open Your Eyes (3'48)6 - Sandrillon (7'05)7 - Reveille (5'37)8 - I Want To Shout (5'19)9 - Where Is The Door ? (8'08)10 - Autour De Toi (5'29)11 - 10:10 PM (4'53)

Band coming from Clermont-Ferrand in France, AWACKS offers us an excellent power Progressive heavy-metal music, which can be put in the same category as MANIGANCE's one. Self-taught, the musicians aren't beginners, as they have been playing as a cover-group since 1989. The idea of recording original compositions in studio had already been in their mind for a while, but since this kind of project requires a lot of time, money and experiences, they had to wait almost ten years before catching the opportunity to record their first disc ! "Panorama" (1999) turns out to be an excellent album of melodic AOR. Recorded four years later on the Brennus label, "Atmosphere 136" provides this time a more contrasted music, a lot more polished than its predecessor's one. You can't miss this !