Keyholder (2003)

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Kaipa is one of the best progressive rock bands I've listened to during last months. Surprisingly melodious symphonic prog from Sweden represented on "Keyholder" has fascinated me with its first sounds, so I couldn't stop myself to listen to it until the last track was over. Combining progressive rock of the '70s with Scandinavian folklore, Kaipa brought some neo-progressive influences to the music of "Keyholder", so this album sounds very much freshly. When I was listening to "Keyholder" for the first time (at that moment I hadn't actually known anything about Kaipa), I even thought that Kaipa is the modern band, and only later I've got to know that this band was formed as far back as 1973. I think those thoughts of mine were caused by the similarity of Kaipa with The Flower Kings. It's no wonder because Roine Stolt, the originator of The Flower Kings, was (and is) a member of Kaipa as well. If you have listened to The Flower Kings and liked it, or you simply love beautiful and harmonious rock music, you just must to listen to "Keyholder" necessarily.