Horisont - Odyssey

Limited 180 gram colored vinyl LP pressing. This quintet's rock trip might be retro but their songwriting is timeless; a good melody lives forever and Horisont have songs in abundance. New album Odyssey is exactly as it's title suggests: an epic journey into the known. There are surprises aplenty throughout as well - witness the melodic Jethro Tull-style breakdown in the middle of "Blind Leder Blind," flamenco/folk flourishes on "Flying," the fist pumping classic metal anthem of "Back On The Streets," the almost Ziggy Stardust-esque "Beyond The Sun" or the elegiac eight minute long album closer "Timmarna," which evokes the awesome beauty of a dying star careering off into darker distant universe.