Chronometree is the fourth studio album of the band Glass Hammer

Glass Hammer

Glass Hammer is a progressive rock band from Chattanooga, Tennessee. They formed in 1992 when multi-instrumentalists Steve Babb and Fred Schendel began to write and record Journey of the Dunadan, a concept album based on the story of Aragorn from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings...

. It is a tongue-in-cheek concept album

Concept album

In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...

 concerning a young man called Tom, who becomes convinced that aliens are trying to communicate to him through his albums. It is a celebration of the excesses of seventies progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

, and uses many of the traditional keyboard sounds of the era in order to strengthen this connection.

Track listing

1. "Empty Space & Revealer" - (6:45)
2. "An Eldritch Wind" - (3:26)
3. "Revelation" - (8:07)
4. "Chronotheme" - (4:41)
5. "A Perfect Carousel" - (5:17)
6. "Chronos Deliver" - (5:49)
7. "Shapes of the Morning" - (1:55)
8. "Chronoverture" - (5:59)
9. "The Waiting" - (5:43)
10. "Watching the Sky" - (0:59)

Personnel

• Fred Schendel - keyboards, synths, guitars, vocals
• Steve Babb - bass, keyboards, synths, vocals
• Brad Marler - lead and backing vocals
• Walter Moore - drums, guitars
• Arjen Lucassen - lead guitars
• Terry Clouse - lead guitars

External links

• GLASS HAMMER Chronometree reviews and MP3 @ progarchives.com