Pallas are back to chronicle the darkness of the world.
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Scottish neo-proggers Pallas caused much furore when Alan Reed, who fronted the band between 1986 and 2005, announced his return to the fold in February. Now the band, reacting to the darkness of recent times, will release their eighth album, The Messenger, on December 15. Written and recorded across continents, with guitarist Niall Mathewson having relocated to Cambodia, it’s described by Reed as“the album of our careers”.
Reed replaced original singer Euan Lowson and spearheaded the band across four albums, including 1986’s seminal The Wedge, before parting ways after 2005’s Dreams Of Men. While he says his return to the band has been “a surprise to me as much as anybody else,”the singer reveals it was the quality of their early demos that enticed him into the reunion.