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7FOR4 are four very talented guys from Munich/Germany. Maybe talented is not the right term here because all four dispose of experience and know-how. Wolfgang Zenk who impresses with his virtuos guitar playing was a member of the German prog metal band SIEGES EVEN as well as leader and lecturer of MGI München (Munich), Germany"s best known institute for professional guitar education. Markus Grützner played bass for several Jazz/Fusion bands and did so on several European tours of the well known Broadway musical "Hair". Klaus Engl also is a lecturer, he works for the drum-institute "Drummer"s Focus" and played together with Markus Grützner in a Heavy-Rock band. The keyboard player Markus Froschmeier has his roots in the classical genre and adds some of his influences to the general sound of the band. 

Speaking about general sound I have to mention that it is quite difficult to find a term describing the style applicatively. Besides the fact that the music is all instrumental, you can say that it is a mixture of Prog Metal and Jazz Rock/Fusion, sounding as if LTE and the MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA get together. But nearly every song seems to have different influences so you can find tunes with a country, "gypsy music" or Brazilian samba flavour, most of it played incredibly fast. 


As opposed to other 7 for 4 albums, i find this one to be of much better production quality. They, as in their usual style, continue to mix prog with various other music genres. The theme in diffusion seems to be an attempt at dance music and techno mixed with prog. However, the band always seems to succeed not to lose thier fusion roots when attempting new style crossovers. Any how, the album is interessting, and if you like 7 for 4 you will like this album. 

Studio Album, released in 2008

Songs / Tracks Listing 
1. Diffusion
2. Indigo Dunes
3. Emoctify
4. The Winding Path
5. Silent Flow
6. Cyclotron
7. Spiral Dance
8. Hidden Depths
9. Mystic Mouse

Line-up / Musicians 
- Wolfgang Zenk / guitar
- Markus Grützner / bass
- Klaus Engl / drums
- Markus Froschmeier / keyboards


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