Redemption
is an American band that shifts in
the field of Power Prog Metal and
here they present us their second
work. The band was formed in 2000
by the guitarist/keyboardist/songwriter
Nic Van Dyk. Because of a friendship,
he cooperated with Ray Alder of Fates
Warning for a song in his first personal
album with Engine. Afterwards they
both asked Bernie Versailles (Agent
Steel, Engine) on guitar, Jason Rullo
(Symphony X) on drums and Rick Mythiasin
(Taraxacum, ex-Steel Prophet) on microphone.
Like that and with the participation
of Alder as a guest star and with
Mark Zonder during the summer of 2002
they released their homonymous album.
The result was fascinating, as expected,
and of course the performances were
all great. The songs' style
is somewhere between melodic prog
and dark power metal.
But let's
go to their next album. There were
some changes and Chris Quirante replaced
Jason Rullo on drums, just as James
Sherwood from progsters Primary took
over the bass. So with this line up
and with Ray Alder on every song as
an abiding member, they recorded "The
Fullness of Time" with Tommy
Newton on production (known by his
works with UFO, Helloween, Conception,
Ark and so on). The result is once
more amazing and in my opinion more
mature than it's predecessor.
Wondrous melodies in perfect harmony
with the dark power points of the
songs. Redemption have found the golden
section in all of their songs, enough
technique to surprise you, not tiring
you or being a burden to the power
points. A few bands can write 15 minutes
songs these days without tiring you
(in their first CD there is a 25 minutes
epic!!!). Everyone from his position
surprises with his performance and
I have my mind set on the great Ray
Alder for one more time. Unbelievable
level, how much better can he get?
Very good work by Van Dyck on keyboards
and the guitars sow melodies and sharp
riffs in different points of the songs.
Also Sherwood and Quirante are impressive
with their strong gaming! In a few
words to conclude it is a CD essential
to all of those who are fans of quality
metal, immediately it enters the best
10 for 2005.
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