I vividly remember the way I utterly despised instrumental albums in the past but ever since I started writing for Rockezine my opinion about instrumental releases have slowly started to change. This is probably because of the great diversity of albums you’re listening to as a reviewer; you get a more and more open minded view towards music that you might have previously neglected. Patrick Rondat’s new album An Ephemeral World might be the final step I had to take to see the beauty of instrumental efforts. This album has it all; great melodies, beautiful atmospheric intersections and not to forget expressive rock and even metal. Rondat is the French guitar player of Elegy and has an impressive biography.

Listening to An Ephemeral World one can’t conclude otherwise, that this man is an absolute perfectionist. To give you a little idea of the music on the album you could try to imagine what it would be like to combine the melodies of Dream Theater, the power of Evergrey and the atmospheres of late Asia. Don’t expect an album of some hot shot guitarist, showing off all the neat tricks he knows on his guitar. It’s obvious that Rondat has a nose for real songs, exciting songs with now and then some theatrical elements. I liked some of the instrumental albums I listened to in the past; an Ephemeral World is the first instrumental album I really love.