Garden Wall's debut is a rather humble beginning for a band who would eventually blow the doors off of the creativity well. All the same, it's aged quite well for me. I didn't even like it the first time I heard this not long after release. If I recall my headspace back then, it seemed too lightweight for metal, and not complex enough for prog. While it could be called more "typical" prog metal, there are plenty of progressions here that were unusual for the time. A groundbreaking group who continued to improve leaps and bounds from here.
Ownership: CD: 1993 Music is Intelligence. Jewel case with lyric booklet.
1993 (first listen); 12/14/11; 5/13/24 (review / new entry)
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