TEST OF WILLS

A fantastic piece of heavy prog, a constantly changing cocophony of complex drums, guitar work and trumbone! with beautiful and interesting synths added cleverly, not too much to swamp their clean-cut production. The balance between all intsruments is near to perfection, with Trent gardner's voice upfront and clear throughout. 'Gameface' is a punchy piece of prog metal that you need to play v. loud to get the full benefit, it's almost heavy metal! And So original that it's hard to compare them to anyone else. Again the keyboards are mostly lush pads that compliment the music so well. 'A social marginal' kicks in with a great drum solo, courtesy of Brad kaiser. all songs are strong and in yer face and so complex! I was truely astounded by the longest and most exciting prog ending to any song ever! 'Test of wills' (seriously, no-one can touch these boys for cleverness) and with its intrcate 6/8 middle section its the longest track on the album. I'm going to stop here and emplore you to go and buy this disc right away, you won't be dissapointed! this is thoroughly exciting music, a must for any prog intellect.