Eloy

Label: Drakkar Release date: 23. 6. 2023Production: Frank BornemannAlbum length: 48.57 min.Genre: Progressive RockRating: 8.0/10 The legendary prog veterans Eloy have always been real oddballs. Despite their German roots, they…

With the closing chapter of their concept about France's most famous national heroine, Eloy have proven that, despite the respectable ages of most of the band's members, they still have plenty of energy left to make great music.

With »The Vision, the Sword and the Pyre – Part 1«, the first chapter in the story of the legendary Joan of Arc, Eloy have made their first masterpiece of the 21st century, an album that stands shoulder to shoulder with the best of their…

»Reincarnation On Stage« is practically a landmark live document for the German progressive rock scene, performed by the most important German band in the whole movement.

"Visionary" is anything but visionary, an album chronically short on fresh ideas, yet it also packs all those trademark elements that earned Eloy their spot in the progressive rock pantheon of the greats.

Can you imagine Pink Floyd releasing "Dark Side Of The Moon 2", Genesis "Selling England By The Pound 2" or Emerson, Lake & Palmer "Brain Salad Surgery 2"? Most music connoisseurs would probably

»The Tides Return Forever« was a big, pleasant surprise for the legendary German space rockers Eloy, coming after the thoroughly mediocre predecessor »Destination« (1992), the revival of their all-but-dead p

"Destination" was, just like its synth-laced but better predecessor "Ra" (1988), the fruit of a collaboration between the band's boss, guitarist/vocalist Frank Bornemann, and keyboardist Michael Gerlach

Cult German space rockers Eloy were in a temporary creative lull at the turn of the eighties. After four years of rest, though, their boss, guitarist/vocalist Frank Bornemann, decided to resurrect his band with a

Don't let the logo of the legendary German progressive rock band on the album cover fool you. "Codename Wildgeese" has about as much in common with Eloy's traditional space rock sound as Klaus Kinski has in looks

With the release of "Performance" (1983), German space rock greats Eloy went through a minor sonic rebirth that brought them closer to some of the sound concepts of the 80s. Their traditional space rock sound

"Time To Turn" picked up the sci-fi concept Eloy started on the previous album, "Planets" (1981). The big change on this record was undoubtedly

"Performance" marked the moment when Eloy, after two conceptual space rock masterpieces, which both of the previous albums, "Planets" (1981) and "Time To Turn" (1982), undoubtedly were, decided to come back down to earth a bit &r

German space rock champions Eloy had more than enough reasons to be happy at the start of the '80s. The excellent "Colours" (1980) was the album they strode into the new decade with, and they pulled it off without having to

"Colours" was something of a bridge between the old and new sound of German space rock legends Eloy when it came out. If "Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes" (1979) was their peak for crafting symphonic waves and esoteric atmospheres

After their best album "Ocean" (1977) and their first live album "Live" (1978), Eloy were at the peak of their creative powers. With "Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes" they didn't just hit their

After the release of their best album "Ocean" (1977), Eloy rightfully enjoyed the reputation of being Germany's most popular (prog) rock band, one that could easily go toe to toe in popularity with the biggest names

»Ocean«, a concept album about the rise and fall of mythological Atlantis, was the greatest triumph of the career of the legendary German space rockers Eloy, both artistically and commercially. As for the latter, it's telling enough that…

With "Dawn," Eloy made a gigantic leap in their musical evolution. After the release of "Power And The Passion" (1975), their first bold foray into the world of concept albums, which many now consider one of the cult albu

With "Power And The Passion", Eloy made a major stylistic leap toward a more refined, symphonic take on space rock. Their sound up to then, which in many ways was heavily shaped by heavy rock and rested mainly

By the time of their third album, "Floating", Eloy had further honed their experimental side and enriched their hard rock heritage, which was built mainly on fiery interplay between Bornemann's scorching guitar riffs

On their second album, "Inside", Eloy steered their sound into the multidimensional world of space rock and ditched most of the hard/blues rock sound that ran through their self-titled debut. It was also their first album on

Eloy were, alongside Tangerine Dream, easily the most popular and important German progressive rock band, one that always operated outside the usual German electronic confines of the so-called krautrock scene and was, after s