As befits a real symphonic rock group, the Dutch release Kayak Nostradamus - The Fate Of Man, the successor to Merlin - Bard Of The Unseen (2003), as a double CD. The composers Ton Scherpenzeel and Pim Koopman have therefore taken their time. And now they have also made a concept album. This time about Nostradamus, the sixteenth-century French physician and astrologer who became known for his Ten
… Centuries. These enigmatic texts are said to contain predictive messages, from which unfortunately only afterwards - and with the necessary imagination - any form of meaning can be derived. For Kayak it is in any case a suitable subject for a new rock opera. The life and work of Nostradamus are sung by, among others, Bert Heerink, who takes on the role of the astrologer, Syb van der Ploeg (De Kast, Spanner), Monique van der Ster (Jody's Singers) and Cindy Oudshoorn. There is no shortage of tension, atmosphere and bombast. (IV)more
