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AboutToine van der Meijden - vocals, guitars, piano, sitar, pump organ
Maarten van Iersel - lead guitars, mandolin
Roland van Heesch - drums, percussion
Emiel Dingeman - bass, backing vocals
Edwin van de Brand - keyboards, piano, organ
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Sharon den Adel - vocals on 2, 12
Fay Lovsky - theremin on 6, singing saw on 12
Lana Lane - vocals on 9
Marc van Daal - uillean pipes on 4,5
Stephen van Haestregt - backing vocals, percussion
Sander van Berkel - cello
Carolijn van der Sanden - alt violin
Laura van der Stoep - 1st violin
Jasper van Rosmalen - 2nd violin
Whenever you think on how new progressive rock should sound, without prejudices nor unnecesary reverences to the past either, you can imagine something like this Dutch band does. Aemen is a quintet that dares to incorporate today's elements such as alternative rock and mix them with a good dose of traditional rock and, if that's not enough, wrap us in a conceptual album. "The Days The Angels Cried" is, of course, a conceptual album narrating the story of a scotish town where a dozen children lost their lives.
Although a conceptual album, each one of the tracks in it can be heard separately. This piece of work is plagued with excellent melodies (strange these days), wrapping atmospheres and even a sitar to round the sound. The sax that opens the song "The Moaning Trees" must be the most emotive intro that I've ever heard in a long, long time: I can't help getting up and head banging a little each time I hear it. The vocals and tubular bells from "The Days The Angels Cried" are exquisite.
Search for this treasure everyone, you: the proghead, you: the alternative one, and you: the traditional rocker....
Maarten van Iersel - lead guitars, mandolin
Roland van Heesch - drums, percussion
Emiel Dingeman - bass, backing vocals
Edwin van de Brand - keyboards, piano, organ
with
Sharon den Adel - vocals on 2, 12
Fay Lovsky - theremin on 6, singing saw on 12
Lana Lane - vocals on 9
Marc van Daal - uillean pipes on 4,5
Stephen van Haestregt - backing vocals, percussion
Sander van Berkel - cello
Carolijn van der Sanden - alt violin
Laura van der Stoep - 1st violin
Jasper van Rosmalen - 2nd violin
Whenever you think on how new progressive rock should sound, without prejudices nor unnecesary reverences to the past either, you can imagine something like this Dutch band does. Aemen is a quintet that dares to incorporate today's elements such as alternative rock and mix them with a good dose of traditional rock and, if that's not enough, wrap us in a conceptual album. "The Days The Angels Cried" is, of course, a conceptual album narrating the story of a scotish town where a dozen children lost their lives.
Although a conceptual album, each one of the tracks in it can be heard separately. This piece of work is plagued with excellent melodies (strange these days), wrapping atmospheres and even a sitar to round the sound. The sax that opens the song "The Moaning Trees" must be the most emotive intro that I've ever heard in a long, long time: I can't help getting up and head banging a little each time I hear it. The vocals and tubular bells from "The Days The Angels Cried" are exquisite.
Search for this treasure everyone, you: the proghead, you: the alternative one, and you: the traditional rocker....
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