When I look at the information that comes with this release, I see that "Dusketha" actually is the seventeenth (!) album that GOAD has released since their debut in 1983, which is some nine years after their formation in Florence, Italy. And even though I like a bit of Progressive Rock, I have to admit I have not encountered any of their material before now. Well, that is rectified now, as "Dusketha" is a double album with over 116 minutes of music. It is Progressive Rock/Pop, and definitely not Metal, so if you're expecting Heavy and/or distorted guitars, pounding rhythms and intricate structures and songs, you're not going to get it. Nope, this is more in the range of easy listening and sedate music. that is a direction that will not appeal to everyone that reads my reviews or any other on METAL TEMPLE.

I am of an age that I listened to and heard a lot of Progressive Pop and Rock from the seventies of the twentieth century onward, and that resulted in bands like SUPERTRAMP, ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA (ELO) and 10CC still being among some my favourite bands of all times. They used a lot of Progressive elements within their music. On top of that they were able to write very good and varying songs that made you listen, made you want to hear more. And they were able to produce timeless classics, sometimes even unexpectedly so. A good example is "Une Nuit A Paris" by 10CC, a long song in three pieces that tells a story, but also is not averse of a lot of changes and excitement within it all. Well, you can put GOAD in that bracket, but you have to alter it in such a way that you take out the exciting parts, the explosiveness of the outbursts and the intricate nature of what is being played. I had very high hopes when I started to listen to "Dusketha", but to me this is almost two hours of watching grass grow, or paint dry. If you ask me, this is just too tame to make any dent in any way or form. And yes, I do know and understand that there are a lot of people that will eat this up like nothing, like they did THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT, but those people generally don't read the reviews on any Metal site, let alone a site like METAL TEMPLE.