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Armageddon's one and only album was released on A&M in 1975. It has since become hailed as a classic. Critics raved over its often eerie and sometimes freaky mixture of hard rock and melodic Sixties psychedelia. Long and exciting compositions like 'Basking In The White Of The Midnight Sun' mixed rock, jazz, blues and even classical influences.

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The first listen to the album convinced me that what I had read was true, that Keith Relf was an eccentric genius with a penchant for the dramatic. I also remember thinking that there was not a single wasted moment on the whole record. In the twenty-six years since, my opinion has changed little: Armageddon stands today as one of the finest hard rock albums and, perhaps, as the seminal progressive metal album of all time.

Although not so much metal as hard rock, Armageddon's music was as hard-hitting as any of their mid-70s peers. Built around punchy blues-based rock, Armageddon incorporated off-kilter time signatures, startling dynamics, spiritual themes, and effects-laden production into their lengthy compositions. (While short by most progressive standards, four of the five songs exceeded eight minutes in length). The musicianship was beyond reproach: Keith Relf (Yardbirds, Renaissance, Steamhammer) handling vocals and harmonica, Martin Pugh (Rod Stewart, Steamhammer) on guitars, Louis Cennamo (Renaissance, Steamhammer, and inventor of the electric bowed bass guitar) on basses, and Bobby Caldwell (Johnny Winter and Captain Beyond) on drums. Each member contributed to the writing and his own unique musical style to Armageddon's music, all of which meshed nicely to create a sound distinctly their own - violent and forceful, fully deserving of the name Armageddon.

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