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Scottish prog band Pallas secured a major deal with EMI
in July 1983.
The
band had already been gigging relentlessly and had
garnered excellent
reviews in both Sounds and Kerrang. Their first release
through EMI was
an
EP that had already been released independently by the
band themselves
in
1981. Entitled Arrive Alive, it sold very respectably
and contained
tracks
that had already become live favorites in the band's
set. The band's
debut
studio album for their new label (EMI), The Sentinel
saw the light of
day in
1984. It was a concept piece based on the lost city
of Atlantis. A lot
rockier than some of their progressive contemporaries, the
album proved
to
be a hit with fans and press alike. An EP entitled
Knightmoves was
issued by
the band to introduce their new vocalist Alan
Reed and was received
incredibly well. The follow up album to came in 1986
with the release
of The
Wedge. A much more polished affair, the album was a
marked step forward
in
all aspects. The promised third studio album did not
appear for a long
time
and many assumed they had split up. After almost 13
years since the
release
of the last full studio album, Pallas returned with
Beat the Drum in
the
late '90s. Beat the Drum signaled the return of
Pallas, and on fine
form.
The band achieved their aim of drawing from their
previous two studio
albums, whilst employing the technology developed since
those times to
produce a new 90's version of the classic Pallas sound. Their
brand new
album, The Cross and the Crucible, features 9 brand new examples
of
bombastic, cinematic prog delight that marks Pallas' return to their
roots.
The new album was inspired by the band's fascination with the
human
condition and our incredible ability to do wonderful, beautiful,
things
while, also being capable of incredible
cruelty.
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