MYTHOLOGY

Nobody is in easy position who wants to rate this very eclectic album. If you love metal you can find some really remarkable songs on this CD, like "Day of The Dead" (Black Label Society, Ozzy) and "God of War" with Zakk Wylde + John Sykes and Marco Mendoza (from the legendary metal band Blue Murder), or "Trojan Horse" with Marco Mendoza. And there is fine flamenco music in peace with metal, played by Steve Stevens (Billy Idol's musician). After that follows my favouite song, "Alpha Burst". It's a very dynamic, very clear instrumental piece for solo guitar, and Steve Stevens plays it excellently. And I like the others song too, and all of them have some special value, like Jerry Goodman's violin play ("One Way Or The Other") and so on... But my friends in prog rock, this album is not a prog rock one. Finally a question: who could discover Derek Sherinian's play on this album? Personally I can't. My opinion, that Derek wanted to give opportunity to his old friends, and he served them almost invisibly. I originally bought the CD for enjoying Derek's virtuosity, but instead of it I've got some very good guitar oriented pieces. Summary: the album is not convergent, the (mainly) instrumental songs are good, and interesting. My real rating is 3.8.