circa 1997

Imps, Ogres & Valkyries is a lyrical collection of songs. In stark contrast compared to Hallucinations Fire Play this is closer to the actual heart and style of efesar because less time was spent figuring out musical tools.  More time was devoted to the emotions and quality of the songs themselves. Far from being an album that might make it to the top 40 pop charts this is still quite a bit more mainstream than the previous collection.

In terms of sound quality this collection is closer to a studio album than the first. All the songs were originally composed, recorded and mastered digitally so the sound quality is consistently better than Hallucinations Fire Play. It has a much richer, fuller dynamic range.

There are two states of being that reflect IOV. There are dark, polyrhythmic songs which engross the ego of arrogance (daddy's dead, eyes, killer, derion, orion, eden, liar). Then there are more emotive songs that call out to sympathy and meloncholy (blakrane, drive, water, hero, illusion).