Maybe it's partly also my nostalgic attitude to most of the late 80's and early 90's rock music, but I have to admit I enjoy that.
The only song I knew before was the "Silent lucidity" which was their biggest hit I suppose, but after i heard their original "operation mind crime (1988)" and still listening to "Empire (1990)" I find myself being hardly being able to criticize.
Original, powerful compositions, prog rock moments, interesting arrangements, great singing by Geoff Tate, frequent intros to make the music more conceptual.
Well yet another band I finally got to and that is going to be explored properly.
This pic is very 80's:
