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What's a real treat is listening to someone like Eriksen who has a great vocal range, in this versatile role singing in a style different then his own band....

I'll give them a plus because of the guitar player Bates collaborated with former McAuley Schenker Group and current Survivor vocalist Robin McAuley on some of the record's material....

The Power Metal influence is slightly less than usual but there’s still a really epic feel to the whole album. I’d say the overall vibe here is a bit...

Of course as usual there will be the people writing ASTRAL DOORS as nothing more than a DIO clone, but think about it for a second…..now that the god...

That brings me to this new album REDUCE, REUSE, RESIST from Chicago favourites VOICE OF ADDICTION. Now, these guys have been tearing up their part of the world on...

My one gripe though is that I really don’t like the overall artwork scheme the band went with. The digipak packaging is decent enough but the dead stuffed animals...

Look, this album isn’t for everyone obviously, and even though the Power Metal/Symphonic Metal/Progressive Metal crossover style is pretty awesome on its own the main appeal of this disc...

There’s a mixture of more traditional party rockers (REVOLUTION, ALL NIGHT FLYING, SHE DEVIL, HOT IN LOVE), a couple of slightly heavier beasts (TIRED, N.I.T.R.O) and then you have...

something that should never happen with a release in the progressive metal field. Another slight downer here is that I feel lead vocalist Douglas Skene isn’t quite as ready...