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The ninth and final Piramis album arrived in 1992, during the grunge era. But rather than follow the then-current trend (as the band did in the '80s by incorporating heavy metal trappings), the band dug deeper into its Hungarian prog-rock roots. The opening “Kívánj Igazi Ünnepet” strips down its normally busy arrangements to acoustic guitar, keyboards, and Révész Sándor’s voice, which sounds as fresh and young as it does on the band’s 1977 debut album. The soft tones of Fender Rhodes jazz keyboards initially give the following “Szállj Fel Magasra” a soft-rock feel, but as the song unfolds it takes on characteristics of an early-'80s Styx ballad. In “Dracula—Mondj Egy Mesét,” bassist Som Lajos and drummer Köves Miklós lay down a solid funk groove for keyboard wizard Gallai Péter to work his magic over. The result comes off sounding like a mellower version of Edgar Winter Group's "Frankenstein," with analog synthesizers making laser-blast sounds. The heavy “Mama, Papa, Would You Leave Us Alone Tonight” rocks out like BÖC’s “Godzilla.”

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