We'll here's my first band vote for PP VI - Pyramaze!!! Their new disc, "Melancholy Beast" will certainly be a serious contender for my CD of the year. If you haven't checked out the review at www.metalreviews.com, make sure to get all the details there.
It's an awesome blend of classic power and prog metal. No weak link in this band and not a weak song on the disc. The disc gets off to a killer start with "Sleepy Hollow" and amazingly, only gets better as it goes on. The last half of the disc is just pure dynamite. The incredibly epic sounding "Power of Imagination" and "Until We Fade Away" are two perfect examples of those types of songs that put you in a trance and just pull you deeper into the black abyss of the universe. I forget about everything else that is going on when I hear those tunes - totally hypnotic and dreamlike. They totally connected with me.
I've always been a big Lance King fan, but always wanted to hear him venture more into the power metal realm than the melodic metal genre. IMO, he's never sounded better and the silkly smooth medolies are just a freaking killer combination with the crunchy, galloping guitars.
I can't say enough about this band and disc, and I've only played the disc three times. I'm lucky if I can say that two or three times a year. "Melancholy Beast" gets my highest recommendation for all you PPUSA fans.
The clips at www.pyramaze.com are good, but in can no way describe how huge sounding the disc is. Excellent production.
It's an awesome blend of classic power and prog metal. No weak link in this band and not a weak song on the disc. The disc gets off to a killer start with "Sleepy Hollow" and amazingly, only gets better as it goes on. The last half of the disc is just pure dynamite. The incredibly epic sounding "Power of Imagination" and "Until We Fade Away" are two perfect examples of those types of songs that put you in a trance and just pull you deeper into the black abyss of the universe. I forget about everything else that is going on when I hear those tunes - totally hypnotic and dreamlike. They totally connected with me.
I've always been a big Lance King fan, but always wanted to hear him venture more into the power metal realm than the melodic metal genre. IMO, he's never sounded better and the silkly smooth medolies are just a freaking killer combination with the crunchy, galloping guitars.
I can't say enough about this band and disc, and I've only played the disc three times. I'm lucky if I can say that two or three times a year. "Melancholy Beast" gets my highest recommendation for all you PPUSA fans.
The clips at www.pyramaze.com are good, but in can no way describe how huge sounding the disc is. Excellent production.
