Reviews

French review
www.progressive-area.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=386&Itemid=2

French review
www.musicinbelgium.net/pl/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=1574

...Although it is a relatively new band, Prymary has strong credentials - the lineup features two members of Redemption, the band has played with such luminaries as Fates Warning, King's X, Spock's Beard, and Enchant, they recently played the pre-party at ProgPower USA and they're scheduled to play the Headway Festival in Amsterdam. So the strong musicianship shouldn't be a surprise. The band's biggest strength lies in its instrumentation and songwriting. It features the standard rock lineup, and the excellent guitar / keyboard interplay is underscored by a powerful bass line that contributes to the record's heaviness. The structures are complex and the musicianship is strong, and Prog Rock Records's promotional literature accurately describes the songs as 'a mesh of melodic prog rock with an emphasis on musicianship, melody, and complex rhythms'. But that misses the band's ability to inject deep feelings into the music. This piece is a potpourri of emotions that range from helplessness through desperation to anger. It's very believable, the overall tone is somber, and yet the music manages to impart a glimmer of hope that saves it from being depressive...
www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=4248

Italian review
www.hardsounds.it/PUBLIC/recensione.php?id=2662

German review
www.obliveon.de/pn-om/modules.php?op=modload&name=tplcdimport&file=index&req=showcontent&id=8731

With a three year lapse since their self-titled debut hit the racks, California’s Prymary returns with an concept album that follows the lines of Operation: Mindcrime, but with a much more realistic and ‘tragic’ factor to it (the story is based on abuse, which creates the eerie atmosphere). Having gone the route Fates Warning should have gone into, as well as aligning themselves with Circus Maximus and Age of Nemesis, the band steps up the musical factor many notches, flat out playing introspective melodies and keeping the sound accessible even when the music is complex & technical; even during jam sessions...
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...Musically The Tragedy of Innocence’s hour and twelve minutes covers a lot of ground, and while the foundation is a guitar-heavy prog that borrows a lot from the prog-metal sub-genre, ultimately it’s so much more musically. Because of the concept nature of the piece, there are plenty of other styles such as the ballad “Miracle”. But while the guitars take a prominent spot, the keyboards are mixed well up front as well, and play a key compositional role. So this is much more than just a shred fest. It’s plenty heavy and crunchy when the story needs to have that quality, but lighter at other times. The guitar takes on many shades and many tones. As do Di Sarro’s vocals which go through a wide range of styles to tell the story and every-so-often we hear a young woman’s voice revealing her thoughts. As one would expect the compositions tend to incorporate multiple tempos and time signatures and the music goes through many changes through songs that are anywhere from seven to almost ten-minutes in length. Some are aggressive, packed with drama others tend to be more poignant or suspenseful. There’s almost a cinematic soundtrack feel to the entire recording...
www.dvdivas.net/ProgVoices/P/prymary-tragedy.html

...Yet another concept album, but this time around it's a flawless thing - and that's an understatement. I find "The Tragedy of Innocence" to be nearly a masterwork of the Prog-Metal genre. Any allusions? Okay - just to give you some general idea of what you can expect from this CD. In a way, it's something like Queensryche's "Operation Mindcrime" (1988), only with the wider epic magnitude and with the complexity that raises such types of one-singer Rock Operas onto a new, higher level. Dream Theater and Pain Of Salvation can also be named as reference points, but - again - only with numerous reservations. The point is that the conformity between Prymary and the given examples is never striking, most often being barely perceptible, touching only some small compositional peculiarities, which in turn are common probably for all bands performing profound heavy music. In short, the fundamental style of this recording is Techno Prog-Metal with a strong symphonic component, and it's just the time to name those of the album's 12 songs (no instrumentals here) that fully suit this definition. These are In My Shell, Soul Deceiver, Oceans of Insolence, Only Love and What Little Girls Are For, all being multi-sectional compositions ranging from six to nine-and-a-half minutes...
www.progressor.net/review/prymary_2006.html

...The music here is mainly characterized by a deep symphonic feel that is almost constantly kept well disguised beneath a fierce and masterful technical layer. Yes, in terms of quality playing, this album just has to rank amongst the best of the genre. It is that good. Melodically very rich, with a fistful of eary harmonies and courageous/frantic riffs to accompany, this album is all about the tension, power, eloquence and especially the whole set of emotional layers that are perfectly pictured in the music and reflected in the vocal work. And these are some of the most notable achievements of this album. But I could easily find many other positive adjectives to describe what is going on in this album. Yet, the best thing to do is give you that homework…
www.proggnosis.com/MUSIC_DBCDInfo.asp?txtCDID=20099

...The Tragedy Of Innocence is a sharp step up in class in all departments by this quintet from their self-titled debut released three years ago. Prymary brings a more progressive rock touch to their music than most bands in this genre. Not as instrumental-based as Dream Theater or Zero Hour, there's more going on here than Redemption or Fates Warning. This album has a dark, heavy atmosphere - especially in the second half of the disc - that lingers long after the closing track has faded from the room. There's some great performances from all the musicians, especially with a huge improvement in the vocals of Di Sarro who really lives and breaths the emotions from beginning to end. An absorbing listen, song-wise it's not a classic but this stands as a fine piece of musical artwork and a bold statement on the tragedy of innocence.
www.dprp.net/reviews/200650.php#prymary

French review
www.lesacteursdelombre.com/Ombres/chronique/detail.asp?rsRubrique=Groupe&rnChronique=2960

German review
www.musikansich.de/review.php?id=3443

German review
www.sonny1968.de/reviews/2006/reviews1206.01.htm#Prymary

German review
www.sonny1968.de/reviews/2006/reviews1206.htm#Thessera

German review
www.metal-inside.de/frame.php?url=www.metal-inside.de/dyn/review.jsp?id=7672

German review
www.metal-inside.de/frame.php?url=www.metal-inside.de/review.php?id=7672

Spanish review
manticornio.com/rock-progresivo/P/PRYMARY/tragedy-of-innocence.html