Masque - Discography (1992-1994)
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Progressive Rock, Art Rock | Musea #FGBG 4055.AR / #FGBG 4116.AR
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 809 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 283 Mb
Full Scans | 00:55:06 + 00:53:23 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock, Art Rock | Musea #FGBG 4055.AR / #FGBG 4116.AR
Based in Göthenburg, the band was launched in 1989 by guitarist Johan Engström and four other musicians. Alternately called DÉJÀ VU and then POCKETFUL, they released three demos ("Masque", "Distant Divineness" and "Behind Thoughts") before their first official album in 1992, "Flesh That Understands", under the name MASQUE. "Ten Ways" followed two years after. "Flesh That Understands" will likely remind you of early SAGA but with plenty of interesting and original ideas; the musicianship is tight and the vocals are excellent. "Ten Ways", however, is a totally different affair and difficult to categorize: a mixture of art-pop and world music (African percussions, Mariachi trumpets) tinted with a Scandinavian melancholy.