Reviews

Oaksenham “Conquest of the Pacific”
Peter Thelen "Exploring The Boundaries of Rock" Exposé ptlk@expose.org http://www.expose.org

...These compositions stand strong as instrumentals, rich in melody and counterpoint, blazing with guitar, keyboard and violin solos, with plenty of twists, turns and complexities to keep them interesting from beginning to end. more

Oaksenham - Woden’s Eve Live (Demo CD) - (ClassicRockSociety, UK )

The band is made of Vahagn Papayan on bass, Anna Adamyan on keyboards, Valeri Tolstov on flute and keyboards, Vardan Gasparyan on guitars, Koryun Bobikyan on violin and percussions and Ashot Korganyan on drums. They come together to provide some impressive instrumental workouts that more than holds its own with the prog-rock heard outside its borders... more

Oaksenham [Armenia] - Review (Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock / US - www.gepr.net)

Oaksenham is an Armenian symphonic prog band whose sole release, Woden's Eve Live captures a concert performance in June of 2002. They are a six-piece band playing traditional guitar, bass, drums and keyboards augmented by a flutist and violinist. Their style reminds me quite a bit of early Camel, due to the way flute is used, but also in the overall feel... more

...Their approach is predominantly instrumental, strong on melodic and full of dynamic and tempo changes, but nothing too gratuitous or flashy - with a solid grounding in the FocusCamelFinchAndmore school... more

Oaksenham – Woden’s eve live (Progressive-newsletter / Germany)
Als erstes fällt bei Oaksenham die ungewöhnliche Besetzung auf, die rein von der Instrumentierung her, Klassik mit Rock verbindet, was sich logischerweise in der Musik widerspiegelt... more

...This is definitely a band with skilled musicians that do know how to make good quality instrumental Progressive Rock... more