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These days every fan of progressive and symphonic rock knows the name Glass Hammer. For years now, they belong to the "creme de la creme" of symphonic rock. In the year 2010 the founders Steve Babb and Fred Schendel made a new start with Glass Hammer. Together with singer Jon Davison and guitarist Alan Shikoh they made the highly acclaimed album "IF". Because of the resemblance of Jon Davison's voice with that of a young Jon Anderson (ex Yes) the music on that album had a high Yes factor. After an album with a more commercial character, "IF" was embraced by the Glass Hammer fans. "Cor Cordium" is Glass Hammer's 2011 follow-up to last year's highly acclaimed "IF". 

"Cor Cordium", the successor of the album "IF", can be seen as a further development of the new Glass Hammer formation. It is not "IF" part two but the music develops into the same musical direction. So you can still hear a lot of Yes references. These Yes influences are chasing the band a little bit. But I know that the band has a lot of respect for the music that Yes was making ... and they just love that kind of symphonic prog. You can also see this as a success formula that works for all those fans of symphonic rock. I hope that the band can develop a more own sound out of this basis. "Cor Cordium" is the first step in this process ... because it is not "IF" part two. But on the other hand, if you like the album "IF" you probably also will like "Cor Cordium". Personally I find the melodies on "IF" a little bit stronger than on the new album. But it is still a fantastic symphonic prog album!