WHISPER CAMPAIGN

US outfit AMERICAN HOLLOW can trace its roots back to 2001, but the band as it is currently constituted crystallized sometimes around 2008. "Whisper Campaign" is their debut album, and was self-released in 2010.

The first half of the debut album "Whisper Campaign" by American Hollow bears witness to a band providing good quality progressive metal with a distinct mainstream orientation. The second half the recording is more adventurous and innovative, with an overall sound somewhere in between grunge and alternative metal but set in a progressive framework, with quite a number of nifty details applied to enliven the arrangements, well- performed and -produced, and with a good and strong lead vocalist to boot. And while this disc may not be a gold nugget to be found amidst plenty of granite, it should be a rewarding experience for those who find the notion of grunge, alternative metal and progressive metal mixed to be intriguing.