TIKTAALIKA

This is the first solo album from Haken's guitarist, no it's not the lost album of Yes! It's a lot heavier than Haken in many places to be on a border of extreme metal. The vocals are sometimes on a death metal side and most of the time clean. There is a lot of versatility in the guitar and singing throughout the album. The music is on a rather fast pace, but there is some cool break where you enjoy a bit of air after the intense and heavy music. The acoustic guitar parts show that transition. It's like Charles Griffiths has taken the influence of Pain Of Salvation, Devin Townsend, and Metallica to mold this own dish and it tastes good! If you want to hear an impressive variety of guitar playing and singing with some strong compositions, you will enjoy this new prog metal album.