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Plato’s cave is an
allegory. This allegory says that people are used to seeing the shadows of the
ideas and not the real and pure ideas. It is the essence of Plato’s teaching
who supports that the material world we live in is of lesser quality in
comparison with the perfect world of ideas. This is a very interesting and
attractive teaching which was transformed in religions and political systems to
make people sacrifice themselves for a better world that exists in our fantasy
instead of fighting to improve the world that we live in (there is no doubt
that Plato is the favorite philosopher of totalitarian politicians and
religious men). It seems though that this allegory has inspired the Italian
band PLATO’S CAVE (at least as a band name).
THE COVER: It is a picture that shows a luxurious room and behind a
table an aristocrat standing on his feet and a maid on her knees. As you see
the image you think that the maid is used as a pleasure instrument for the
master. On the back cover though, it is made clear that the maid is on her
knees in front of the master in order to gather some broken glasses. It is a
very clever artwork that fits to the title of the album which in English is
translated as servant and master.
MUSICAL STYLE: Now this is the hard part for me to describe the sound
of PLATO’S CAVE. I am a fan of heavy metal and rock is not a field that I have
a huge experience. Just let me tell you that I have listened to the basic bands
of this genre. On some sites on the Internet I found that they describe the
band’s sound as art rock, which is actually a fitting description since the
band experiments with the rock sound and combines it with other musical styles.
Personally, though, I think that PLATO’S CAVE plays late 60’s – 70’s inspired
progressive rock music.
COMPOSITIONS: The album includes 12 compositions that range from
atmospheric rock style in the vein of ANATHEMA to progressive rock and
especially influenced by bands like PINK FLOYD and sometimes they even flirt
with hard rock (there are moments they reminded me of JETHRO TULL). The band
also uses the Italian language in the lyrics.
CONCLUSION: No matter what the kind of music that someone listens
to is, if he wants to be just, we have to admit it if an album is good or bad.
PLATO’S CAVE did an impressive work and their album is a product of a lot of
work, talent and inspiration. It is an album that will satisfy the people who
are into art or progressive rock.
Nick “Verkaim” Parastatidis
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