King Crimson and Yes, as well as music of the Balkans, fusion, jazz and more. The different approaches form the musical foundation of the band. As a result of their influences, the group combines "typical Scandinavian, slightly elegiac Retroprog with a good portion of hard rock." However, the band varied their style with the break in the band's history. While the first two releases leaned more towards hard rock and psychedelic rock, those after the group's reunion leaned more towards progressive rock. With its closeness to Hawkwind, older Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd, the debut already corresponds to this style and combines "dark crushing guitars and a lot of Hammond organ". The influence of psychedelic rock is even more clearly served on the debut than on later releases. On the subsequent, and a year later released, Far Out In Aradabia the style "was essentially continued. However, on Far Out In Aradabia the hard rock side of the band is emphasised more, the heavy guitar riffs crashing here even more often than on the debut." Also added was more independence and a more far-reaching creativity. Musically, the band remains connected to the 1970s, and Far Out In Aradabia is stylistically so close to Progeria in time that reviewers occasionally suspect "that both albums were recorded in one session." With the reunion album Strange Frame of Mind, released in 2010, the group took a musical turn towards "likeable, perfectly old-fashioned" progressive rock, with "fat sound and impressive harmonies." Accordingly, Strange Frame of Mind was judged to be "the beginning of their modern era" in terms of the group's stylistic development. Without entirely discarding psychedelic rock, blues rock and hard rock influences to do so, the band increasingly embraced elements of progressive rock. Keyboard playing proved to be a prominent part of this change. The development is sometimes associated with the addition of Stig Arve Jørgensen. Other developments included an expansion of the distinct "developments include the increased prominence of backing vocals in more sophisticated arrangements and more frequent use of odd meters in the music." "Ironically," says Jon Davis, the loss of the second guitarist led to more variety in guitar playing, as Smeby used more different tones and techniques. Reception Despite the change in style, international reviews of Arabs in Aspic's releases continued to be positive. Especially the re-releases and those after the reunion via Black Widow Records and Karisma Records