Artist: VESPERO
Album: SURPASSING ALL KINGS (CD)

Release date: 2009
Media type: CD

"The emphasis is back to delivering heaping amounts of long, spacey sounding instrumental passages and multi-shifting tempos, which are executed at the drop of a hat and with razor like precision, thus each composition feels like it's in a perpetual state of change. The light and shade element and how effectively they play the dark, brooding sections off of the lighter textures, is in my opinion the biggest reason why their music is so compelling and keeps the listener fully engaged from beginning to end. Surpassing All Kings proves that Rito wasn't a fluke and in all actuality it may be the stronger of the two albums. Once again these five supremely talented musicians have proven they are more than capable of giving you an hour's worth of stunningly complex and thought provoking music." – by Ryan Sparks at "Sea Of Tranquility" (USA)

"What Vespero produce is music that manages to be both dark and ethereal at the same time, which sounds like a contradiction in itself, but in the sense that they have both prog-rock and avant-garde elements to their sound should start to make more sense." – by Ian Abrahams at "Spacerock Reviews" (UK)

All music by Vespero
Recorded by Alexander Kuzovlev at the Vespero's Facility in Astrakhan
Mixed and mastered by Alisa Coral at the KZI Studio in Moscow
Artwork by ZonderZond
Executive production by Igor Gorely

TRACKLIST:

     
1. Glass Rainbow (A Sign) 10:00
2. Salma Simiere (Cross and Crown) 06:51
3. The Tower (XVI) 08:05
4. Lino (Similar They Spake) 06:06
5. Serata (i.n.s.i.e.m.e.) 10:26
6. Glide (Like a Swan) 06:35
7. Sever (Surpassing All Kings) 06:54

LINE-UP:

Ivan Fedotov - drums, percussions
Arkady Fedotov - bass, synthesizer, voice (4, 5)
Alexei Klabukov - keyboards, accordion (7)
Alexander Kuzovlev - guitar, electronic manipulations
Natalya Tjurina - voice