FREEDOM WITHIN

Freedom Within, Visual Cliff's third release, shows the band entering to a more heavier territory than their first two albums. Some nice riffs are indeed found here, and the album is a nice listen, almost straightforward considered that it's prog. While the tones are accessible, they are also a bit more shallow in depth compared to the other VC albums. Therefore I'm giving this album one star less than the others. Still, like all their albums, this is a quality release of heavy prog with fusion elements that doesn't degenerate into mindless shredding like so many of its kind. Visual Cliff's albums can be listened and downloaded via their trinityrecords.net website, worth checking out.