"The Fall Of The Shires" LP by Oblivion Protocol

Appearing on limited colored Vinyl (green Vinyl)

In the best case, prog can be a safe haven from the storm outside, a healing calm, pure escapism. True musicality, pure emotions, and a preference for outstanding melodies make this music a journey, an experience for which records and headphones were invented. A very special prog aficionado is Richard West, a renowned keyboard wizard and songwriter for British prog-metal pioneers Threshold for over 30 years. Six years after their epic masterpiece 'Legends Of The Shires,' West returns to these shores to tell us the long-awaited sequel. Not under the name Threshold, mind you. But with a brand new supergroup. Prog fans far and wide, rejoice: Oblivion Protocol is here. And they bring us 'The Fall Of The Shires.' 'When my bandmates in Threshold decided not to continue the 'Legends of the Shires' story,' explains Richard West, 'I knew I wanted to stay in this world a little longer. So I wrote my own sequel titled 'The Fall Of The Shires'. At first, I only wrote it for myself, but when it was finished, I eventually thought about releasing it.' We can be very thankful for that: Oblivion Protocol will immediately claim a place in the hearts of all prog connoisseurs and delivers a dense, culminating sound somewhere between Rush, Steven Wilson, Pink Floyd in the 'Dark Side Of The Moon' era, and the occult hard rock masters Ghost.