This German Neo Prog act from Bremen begun life in 1993 with its mastermind Dirk Berger on bass and the original crew featuring Willie C. Kimbrough on vocals, Thorsten Klein on guitars, Lars Ebsen on drums and Andreas Meyer on keyboards. Thorsten Klein would quit two years later, he was replaced by Stephan Dinter, and prior to the recordings of their debut Ebsen was replaced by new drummer Erik Pilger and Kimbrough left his place to Malte Twarloh. With this line-up Seasons of Time recorded their debut ''Behind the mirror'' in 1997, a dramatic concept work dealing with a mad woman who killed her children for the sake of her new lover, containing evident hints from the music of GENESIS, PINK FLOYD, MARILLION and PENDRAGON. Shortly afterwards begins a long period of incosistence for the group. Dinter and Meyer left the band and newcomers Bert Mueller and Matthias Mueller enter the picture on drums and guitars respectively. More line-up shakes occurred in 2001. Matthias Mueller leaves and Seasons of Time moved on with guitarist Juergen Ludewig, while Berger found also a new keyboard player, Frank Brusius. The major hits though came a few years later. Twarloh abandoned Seasons of Time, who were now in search of a singer and in 2006 Andreas Hoffmann would replaced him. But in 2010 Berger, tired of the numerous line-up changes, dissolved the band after the departures of his long-time collaborators Bert Mueller and Frank Brusius. The following year he made an attempt to revive his band, taking over both the bass and keyboard duties. Twarloh returned behind the microphone and with the later addition of Marco Gruehn on drums and Florian Wenzel on guitars the second album of Seasons of Time ''Closed doors to open plains'' eventually saw the light in 2014 on Progressive Promotion Records, following the current trend of Neo Prog bands with a bit of a heavier style. Essential discovery for anyone in love with the sound of MARILLION, GENESIS, ARENA or KNIGHT AREA.



Track List:

01. Toward the Horizon (9:55)
02. Plans To Make Plans (5:34)
03. Dreams of a Madman (6:45)
04. Joana (14:39)
05. Driven To Drive (7:52)
06. The Last Ship (8:11)

Personnel:
Florian Wenzel - guitars
Dirk Berger - bass, keyboards, vocals, engineering & mixing
Julian Hielscher - drums
With:
Marco Grühn - drums (2)
Christina Mielke - backing vocals (2)