Here's the fourth album from the American/English melodic metalband Balance Of Power. The music seems to take a progressive metal approach with vocal harmonies in the choruses. The songs are often lengthy and most of them are midtempo. One Voice is one of the songs with speedy power metal elements yet the chorus is very catchy/poppy. The vocals are most of the time high pitched. Keyboard are used on most of the songs too, though none of the band members play keys. The instrument playing is splendid and the album contains well produced songs that the melodic metal fans will love. My favorite song on the disc is probably One Voice which kinda sticks in my head the best. The cover depicting a naked and winged girl (as an angel) might raise a few eyebrows though. Apart from that this is a real classy album.
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The Phantom Tollbooth 2002Reviewed by Dan SingletonThis British band sounds so much like early Dream Theater (I mean even more than Vanden Plas does), I don't know if I should give them massive bonus points for being able to so successfully emulate as proficient a band as Dream Theater or negative points simply for mimicking another band. High, screaming vocals peak on choruses, bass and drums deliver a pronounced, punctuated beat (usually…HM Magazine #92Reviewed by Doug Van PeltIf Dream Theater hadn't have come back so hard with Scenes From A Memory, Balance Of Power would be nipping at their heals. And, with Queensryche signing to Sanctuary Records and attempting to make a comeback, this will be their other fiercest competitor. Sure, the cynic has a good case for dismissing these guys as copycats, but the fan has a wonderful, dare I say "balance" that the band has…Similar sounding releases
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