THE DREAMS OF MEN

I have Arrive Alive and gonna have The Sentinel soon.This one I got by chance.I listened to Cross and Crucible along with Beat the Drum and I've found them a bit boring.But this one is nice!!!Anyway,the vocalist is weak and the music itself quite unoriginal,but there are few nice tracks - I really like the opening one(Bringer of Dreams) and Invincible.Warriors and Ghostdancers follows,along with The Last Angel and Messiah (nice track,but the lyrics of that one along with Mr.Wolfe's lyrics remind me of Born Brilliant by IQ...IQ is better anyway :-) ).A mid-part of the CD is a bit boring(ambient instrumental,ordinary Mr.Wolfe and Too Close...ah,the most irritating track for me;only mid-part here is nice).Sometimes the whole band sounds very prog-metal- related(as I've noticed,a great deal of famous mainstream prog-bands nowadays are trying to be "heavy" :-) ). Nothing wrong,but everything is too ordinary.Better than Arena (and even Pendragon sometimes),but not the IQ/Collage level for me.Good ,but non-essential