Their catalog is hit and miss, highlights being Invictus, Marriage of H & H albums, and the genius of House of Atreus albums. I'm really surprised as well how many here don't care for this band, especially since so many here love keyboard driven music and VS use plenty of keys...House of Atreus pt. 1 has some of the most beautiful piano interludes juxtaposed against several great riffs...the band has their weak spots though, avoid Life Among the Ruins like the plague. All this being said, their appearance at PP was a HUGE letdown, they just didn't seem to have the enthusiasm (nor the theatrics) to pull off the kind of music they create in the studio...the flaming sword came off as hokey instead of inspiring...and with no bass player or keyboard player either the tunes really suffered, they stuck mainly to only the guitar driven songs, but again, everything was just flat, one of my biggest PP disappointments ever. I still contend that given the right atmosphere, stage set, full band personnel and playing time they could present a helluva show, but that would require a pretty penny that I don't think too many promoters are willing to throw at them...ah well, enjoy the good cd's for what they are...
