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Time Requiem: The inner circle of reality
Time Requiem - The inner circle of reality - [Regain Records]

2004-05-15

Richard Anderson is one of the best keyboard players in existence today.
This talented guy started his metal career in an excellent progressive band, majestic, and is active in a number of projects today, among others in the Space Odyssey Project, whose second album will be released soon, and also in Time Requiem, who are, in four words- A school for music.

The band, which consists of a number of musicians of the highest level, create a concoction made of Malmsteen, Symphony x, and some Dream Theater, with an occasional Yes influence thrown to the mix, this, their second album, is quite n improvement over their first outing.

Their first album was sick with the plague of lack of originality, sounding way too much like Symphony X, the songs there, long and filled with the same type of virtuoso playing just like in this album, suffered from one fault- they weren’t interesting.

This time the band succeeded in creating an album that is simultaneously fast and well played, and still full of good, solid tracks.

Right from the first track, Reflections, we are dealt with a hefty doss of Symphony X like fast and furious riffing, yet its evident that the band also concentrated on a clear, melodic structure to the song, it has a great powerful riff in its beginning, a pre-chorus that sounds as if taken straight from Symphony X's Sad Wings Of Destiny, and a stand out bit at the end of the track, epic and impressive.

The second track, the album's title track, is a bit of a change of scenery, a mid-tempo, more progressive track, a strong chorus, one of the album's stand out tracks, its middle section sees the band going into a long solo segment, each band member showing off his considerable talent, starting off with an amazing keyboard solo, all dream theater fans should pay heed.
Track three, Dreams of Tomorrow, is Malmsteen at his best, showing us the immense talent of vocalist Apollo Papathanasio, who seems to be positioning himself as one of progressive metal's finest vocalists.
Track four is my favorite, lightning fast neo-classical riffing, a mildly complex tune, another serious contender for the album's best track.
Track five is an obvious dream theater influence, its second riff is right of "Take The Time", the track goes into a more hard rock oriented feel later on, which lends an extra flavor to it.

I can safely say that no progressive metal fan can afford not having this CD in his collection, it’s a must.

Alon Miasnikov



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