You know some people are workaholics.
I think it’s safe to include Göran Edman into that category.
I mean, I was checking his discography the other day and realised he had 5 albums released in the past year only 😯
NOT counting guest appearances!
Wow, that must have broken Jeff Scott Sotoʼs record 😛

This time he joins forces with 7-string Ibanez guitar -don’t blame me for unnecessary details, he was the one posing with one of the “Universe” models- virtuoso Stefan Lindholm.
The result is a melodic heavy/progressive metal album, lots of neoclassical solos (but not as many as to call this a merely neoclassical) and yet another stellar performance by Mr. Edman.

I must say one of the (many) reasons I bought “Vindictiv” was because I thought the mp3-rip that was (is) floating around was defective.
It concerns the last track, “Fata Morgana”: I was under the impression that -due to some sort of problem e.g. scratched CD, low quality rip etc- the beginning was truncated [meaning a few frames/milliseconds were skipped].
I was proved wrong, that song was just too *advanced* starting off unexpectedly as if a part of it is missing.
I don’t know, perhaps a fade-in in the final mix would make it smoother; also, the time signature is a bit complex too, at some points sounds *asymmetrical*.
But hey that’s what Progressive is all about, right?

“Vindictiv” at The Metal Archives
Göran Edman at Wikipedia
“Vindictiv” at RateYourMusic
“Vindictiv” at Discogs

Record Label: Escape Music
Catalogue Number: ESM164
UPC: 5031281001641
Rights Society: MCPS [UK]
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L553
Matrix/Runout: Sony DADC A0100884423-0101 13 A0
Mould SID Code: IFPI 94K5

Tracklist:
01. Fool’s Paradise [4:06]
02. Caesar’s commentaries [5:26]
03. The royal loo [4:39]
04. Dreams of a Demon’s head [4:38]
05. David’s house [4:25]
06. A quiet life [4:38]
07. Living colours [5:53]
08. Hymn to Desdemona [2:55]
09. A second life [3:29]
10. Fata Morgana [5:32]
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Re-ripped 09/08/2012

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Mirrors:
FLAC level 8 | v1.2.1 [Filecloud.io]
FLAC level 8 | v1.2.1 [Freeuploads.fr]
FLAC level 8 | v1.2.1 [Mega.co.nz]
FLAC level 8 | v1.2.1 [Netkups.com]
FLAC level 8 | v1.2.1 [Openload.io]
FLAC level 8 | v1.2.1 [Solidfiles.com] ✔ [31/05/2018]

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mp3 VBR V0 | LAME v3.98.4 [Freeuploads.fr]
mp3 VBR V0 | LAME v3.98.4 [Mega.co.nz]
mp3 VBR V0 | LAME v3.98.4 [Solidfiles.com] ✔ [09/02/2013]
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