They keep the spirit of early Queensryche, Maiden, and Arch-era
Fates Warning alive on their debut, dueling lead guitarists, the high falsetto, galloping bass, and all the technicalities involved needed to make
A New Breed of Rebellion a record of tight metal endurance.
Driven by the lead guitar work, providing the riff driven structure of the syncopated time signatures and key changes, the Utah quartet (although a they recorded this record as a five piece) bring a dark sound to the table, no keyboards (with the exception of the intro) and no bullshit, it's straight ahead prog metal in the classic vein, not to mention that the record itself, as far as audio quality goes, has a warm quality to it, produced and mixed in the same way the earlier prog metal or thrash albums were.
With the alto pipes of Lynn Allers fronting the group, literally being across between both
Fates Warning vocalists, Arch and Alder (is it ironic that his last name too begins with an "A," sorry, nevermind, I just couldn't resist), the band's technicalities of steadfast thick riff structuring copulated with the near-improvised progressions come full circle within the tracks such as
"No Response,
" "A Peaceful Act of Terrorism,
" the dark ballad
"One Last Time,
" and the Merciful Fate-ish
"In Dark Night.
" More straightforward tracks such as the acoustic title track and the dark
"Chrono-Logic" round out a more forthright sound for the record, letting any technicalities take control of the song structure in a more subdued fashion.
At this point in time the guys are working on their forthcoming release,
The Rising Anger, with
A New Breed of Rebellion bringing a good anticipation for the next record. Until the next time.
Written by
Hashman Wednesday, January 12, 2005
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