Az ördög álarcosbálja

Syrius was a 1970s prog rock band. I get the impression that is was not very famous outside of some Eastern-European countries. The music is prog rock with jazz influences, especially because the usage of horns. Some parts sound a bit like King Crimson (second part of "Devils Masquerate"), too bad the music is not as good. Still it's certainly an OK album and a nice addition from a part of the world that has been ignored on the list so far.

If Chicago and ELP got in a horrific car crash

Still figuring out my feelings on this LP, but I can for sure say it had me gripped for the whole listen – felt like a sonic snake writhing through my fingertips, every time I had a grasp on what was going on it seemed to shift into something different. Clearly a huge influence for Jethro Tull, this album dropped the same year as Aqualung and there's a direct line between the two in terms of their vocals and more esoteric instrumentals. Definitely not an easy listening kind of LP, but ultimately one I would return to as you probably get more from it each listen. Incredibly unique addition to the list, rating this up for feeling so novel and distinct relative to the usual user list fare.

Weird Hungarian shit? Yes please. This is what the list should be all about. My personal rating: 4/5 My rating relative to the list: 4/5 Should this have been included on the original list? Yes.

The date on the Apple Music album said 1993, which seemed very wrong so I wasn’t surprised this came out in 1971. Strong vibe of that era - like an experimental Blood Sweat and Tears with the experimental jazz knob turned up. Unique and a great suggestion!

Certainly feels like a 70s album with an Eastern European twist 🇭🇺 — "Concerto for a Three-Stringed Violin and Five Mugs of Beer" is an all-timer of a track title 🍺 Very enjoyable, deserves another spin.

LOL - this album cover is something else. I know this isn't gonna be for everyone and it might not always be for me, but I was in the right mood - I liked (most of) it. Progressive jazz rock coming out of the 60s - love the flute! Actually all of the instrumentation made it stand out; lack of guitars and focus on piano and harmonies to carry the tunes - odd timings galore. I'm not sure it's exactly catchy but I still was engaged for most of the 36 minutes. Track 2 is giving me strong Blood Sweat and Tears vibes. Obviously a long long ago throwback, but harkens to a different time in popular music (aside: was this popular? I'm not familiar with Hungarian charts...). Wavering between 3 and 4 but it's unique enough amongst the latest wave of pop punk and compressed loud nonsense - boosting to a 4. 7/10 4 stars IMO: Belonged in the book? No.

Interesting album, can make a place for it on the list,

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Nice to see some Eastern European representation on here. Greetings from your northern neighbor! Organ-heavy, ELP-inspired prog rock seems to be a common theme in 70s Eastern Europe, reminds me of Slovakia's Collegium Musicum. Cool stuff, happy to broaden my sadly lacking knowledge of my own region's music. Strong 3/5.

As if Chicago and ELP got in a horrific car crash indeed. Jethro Tull, Spirit, early King Crimson, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans and Carla Bley came to the rescue, but they couldn't resuscitate the credibility of this suggestion for a list of 1001 albums you must absolutely listen to before you die. More power to the user who chose this Syrius album, though. I love your four-star and five-star galleries, and I understand where you're coming from when you decided to select this pretty obscure Hungarian band. The idea was to shine a light on something that most listeners would have never heard of, I get it. The thing is, when it comes to that time period and the genres tackled here (prog rock, jazz, experimental...), *Devil's Masquerade* very clearly fails to reach the sky-high level needed for a finite list of 1001 albums. All subjectivity and personal history aside, we all need to be reasonable, I think. 2/5 for the purposes of this list dedicated to essential albums 7/10 for more general purposes (5/5 for the musicianship and production values + 2/5 for the artistry) ---- Number of albums from the original list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 465 Albums from the original list I *might* include in mine later on: 288 Albums from the original list I won't include in mine: 336 ---- Number of albums from the users list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 102 Albums from the users list I *might* select for mine later on: 113 Albums from the users list I won't select for mine: 240 (including this one) ---- Hey Émile, j'ai répondu sous Demon Days ET ta sélection pour la users list ! 🙂

Progressive rock, jazz-rock. Está bien. Un 4, venga.

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Az ordog alarcosbalja, Psychomania

It was all right. Heavily dated sound and attitude, and lyrically and vocally didn't do that much for me.

Weird but quite good

This was fine

This was certainly interesting. Reminded me a bit too much of 70s bands like Blood, Sweat & Tears, which I'm not a fan of. But it also leaned a bit toward experimental/prog rock, which I am a fan of. And then there were some very odd moments that sounded like Emerson, Lake & Palmer, which I am also a fan of. The Devil's Masquerade song in particular sprinkles in a three chord organ progression that brings to mind ELP's Knife-Edge. Overall an interesting listen but not sure I will listen again. 3 stars.

Nice