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Sorrow & Promise :: Divine In Sight

We are certainly in the midst of a great Renaissance in progressive music. Prog4you.com would like to introduce to you Divine In Sight, the band hails from Wisconsin. The group members include Bartholomen Boge vocalist /songwriter, Jonathan Dexter bass/guitar/ keyboards, and foot pedals, and Frank Ralls percussion. The music is categorized as spiritual progressive art rock. The debut album is called Sorrow And Promise; and it promises to bring you a new venture in progressive rock.

When you consider that we heard this album for the first time, we wanted to be able to assess the music for its worthiness. Clearly this is one album that is worthy to be shared with our readers and the rest of the world. Without question, the message of this music is not just the music itself but also the evangelical message that empowers the theme within the music. In other words, there is a spiritual message here and that is the message of hope and wisdom through the Lord Jesus Christ. When you hear the music you not only get the lyrical message from the music, but you hear how talented and polished the musicians really are. This is a well-crafted and structured album in every respect, from every angle, to final performance. The only drawback was the production, a little lack luster to say the least; the sound is a little rough at times. It comes across as an average recording job. You will notice that the CD is not as clear as it should be. Still that will not matter when you hear the overall album the performance is top notch.

The most notable aspect of the album is that Divine In Sight did not deter from what they sailed out to do. This is what makes progressive artist truly musicians. Breaking down barriers and forging their own sound is what progressive artists can accomplish. That is what Divine In Spirit has done. In a world that is polluted with hatred and despair Divine In Sight was spawned to make it a better place. The difference between this album being just a “Christian Album” is the fact that the musicians will not deter you from listening to the music. Yes there is a spiritual message here, but it’s more then just a message. It is dynamic in a sense that it is for everyone, not just Christians but for regular fans with progressive rock taste.

This album has achieved its mark, and it belongs in your CD collection. We highly recommend it. We would have given it ten keyboards out of ten, but the production lowered the score to eight out of ten keyboards.
Reviewer: George Roldan.

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Review Date
10/22/01