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  Pete Brown

  This Raleigh, NC band has been putting out what they refer to as "adventure" metal for going on twenty years. They clearly enjoy what they do and I gotta say—I enjoy it, too.

  Is it ridiculous? Yes, but no more so than anything else in this genre. There are a ton of influences at work on this album (and presumably on their previous albums as well, although this is the first one I've listened to). There's some thrash, there's some NWOBHM, there's some power metal, but mostly it all blends together into very listenable and entertaining melodic heavy metal.

  One thing that really works for me here and keeps this album from swerving into the copycat ditch is the vocals. Yes, there are a few Bruce Dickinson flourishes, a bit of Geoff Tate, and maybe even a little King Diamond here and there, but never too much.