Sometimes
you are totally caught off guard by an album you have absolutely no expectations
for at all. Expedition Delta is one of those cases, but looking at the
list of guests it really shouldn't be such a surprise. Gary Wehrkamp (Shadow
Gallery), Andrea De Paoli (Labyrinth), Richard Andersson (Time Requiem), Erik
Norlander, Joest van den Broek (After Forever), Sabine Edelsbacher (Edenbridge),
Torsten Roehre (Silent Force), Santiago Dobles (Aghora) and many others have
taken part on this album from this Serbian band.
The album is
the brainchild of Serbian guitarist Srdjan Brankovic, who has written all of the
music and lyrics for this project. He shows excellent musicianship on many
occasions on this album, which is packed with excellent guitar leads as well as
keyboard leads, all wrapped in a good and balanced sound.
Musically we
do cover a lot of ground, at first glance this is progressive rock, but there is
a lot more to it than just that. We do travel into AOR, melodic rock, metal and
fusion territory on occasions. All in all we get a very well rounded, diverse
and interesting piece of progressive rock that surely have taken me by surprise,
take a listen and judge for you...