Review: Primaluce – Way of Perfection
Self-release (February 13th, 2026)
Reviewer – Dan Mann
I don’t generally review albums these days, too busy hanging onto Rockposer‘s rudder through the choppy waters of the music biz. Anyways….after that fine chap Rob at Stampede Press sent this here album for reviewing, and me finding a spare moment to cop a listen, here are my musings.
Okay, lets get the very large, pregressive elephant out of the way. Primaluce are at times more Dream Theater than Dream Theater. But in the heady words of Catherine Tate’s teenage girl charactor, “Am I bothered?“. No I’m not, is the truthful answer. It’s not often these days that an album gets played on ‘repeat’. But ‘Way of Perfection‘ has had plenty of ear time.
Primaluce are not a band that I’d heard of until receipt of the promo email. I’ve since learnt that they are French, and have been around for quite a while, ‘Way of Perfection‘ being the band’s tenth release. I guress this means I’ve got plenty of ‘new’ music to investigate. I always enjoy hunting out a back catalouge of someone who’s new to me.
I’m not going to do a breakdown per track, instead I’m just going to advise you to seek out this album on release and enjoy something that’s not produced into the ground, or barely produced at all for that matter, music that has real soundscape and depth, with no ‘fillers’.
High;y recommended.
Tracklisting:
- The Wind Remains
- Back Into the Blue
- The Turning of the Circle
- Countdown at Dawn
- Running Out of Yesterday
- Heart of the Moment
- When the Light Returns
- Stand in My Name
- Black Static Halo
- Echoes of Tomorrow
- In the Tides of Time
- Where the Water Meets the Stone
Line-up:
Stefano Primaluce – rhythm guitars, keyboards, backing vocals, programming
Andrea Rocchi – lead & acoustic guitars
Marco Adami – bass
Michele Avella – drums
Falco – vocals
