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Musicians:
Uwe D'Röse
- Electric and acoustic guitars
Steve Gee - fretted/fretless bass/6 string bass
Steve Leigh - Piano and synthesisers
Dave Wagstaffe - Drums and percussion
Damian Wilson - Lead and backing vocals
Track list:
1. Cutting Room
2. Pinewood Avenue
3. Infinity Parade
4. Game Over
5. All Performers Stand Alone
6. Narovlya
7. Ten Million And One
8. Bed Of Nails
9. Hanblechia (The Vision Quest)
10. Do Or Die (hidden track).
This is the third
album from Landmarq. The original release of "The Vision Pit"
was through SI Music/Roadrunner (SI3073-2), but it w as re-issued on Landmarq's
own label Synergy in 1997, with the same tracks as on the SI Music/Roadrunner
release.
Damian Wilson, also
known from the Prog Metal act Threshold handle s the vocals. Damian has
got a voice that is very hard to get used to. I really like his vocals
on Threshold's album "Wounded Land" from 1993.
His voice suites better
in that kind of music than in L andmarq's. Landmarq is playing symphonic
rock that is much in the same vein as Pendragon, and Landmarq is one of
the premier bands i n this genre from UK.
Unfortunately this
release doesn't really live up to the same standard as we are used to
with other releases that this musicians hav e been participating in.
The main reason lies
in the song qualities. There aren't enough of good, memorable tracks to
fill up a whole CD.
The best tracks though
are very good, such as "Cutting Room" , "Narovlya" and "Hanblechia".
In the CD booklet
you can read the following about the track "Narovlya": "This song
was inspired by the letter of a kindergarten teacher, Valentina Klimchenko,
who was a witness to the devastation o f the people of her home town,
Narovlya, in Belarus after the terr ible catastrophe of the Chernobyl
nuclear accident (on the borders of the Ukraine and Belarus) on 26th April
1986".
This track makes
you think about the damage that we're doing on our planet Earth, and fills
you with anger of how the governments are handling catas trophe situations,
with inadequate, wrong or no information at all .
This track is a masterpiece
that almost makes the album as a who le worth having. This is not a bad
album, but it leaves a lot to wish for. "Narovlya" though is almost
justifying you to buy this CD.
SYNERGY SYN001
-Reviewed by Greger
Rönnqvist-
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Landmarq Discography
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'Solitary Witness'
(SI Music SIMPly 14) - 1992 - The Debut album.
Track list: Killing Fields, Forever Young, April First, Foxing The Fox,
Terracotta Army, Freefall, Tippi Hedren, After I Died Somewh ere, Suite
St. Helens, Borders.
'Infinity Parade'
(SI Music SIMPly 32) - 1993 - The second album.
Track list: Solitary Witness, Gaia's Waltz, Landslide, Ta' Jiang, Tailspin
(Let Go The Line), The More You Seek The More You Lose, E mbrace.
'The Vision Pit'
(SI Music SI3073-2) - 1995 - The third album.
Track list: Cutting Room, Pinewood Avenue, Infinity Parade, Game Over
, All Performers Stand Alone, Narovlya, Ten Million And One, Bed O f Nails,
Hanblechia (The Vision Quest), Do Or Die (hidden track).
'The Vision Pit'
(Synergy SYN001) re-issued on own label 1997. Track list: as above.
'Science Of Coincidence'
(Synergy SYN002) 1998. The fourth album.
Track list: Science of Coincidence, The Vision Pit, Heritage, Summ er
Madness, Lighthouse, Between Sleeping and Dreaming, More Flames for the
Dancer, The Overlook.
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Landmarq Contact
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Email (Landmarq):
landmarq@landmarq.net
Email (Synergy Records): synergy@landmarq.net
& synergyrec@aol.com
Tel/Fax: +44 (0) 20 8806 8418)
Snail mail: Landmarq C/o Synergy Records 196, Lea View House Springfield
London E5 9EA, UK
Website: http://www.dprp.vuurwerk.nl/bands/landmarq
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