ACCOMPLICE

Accomplice biography
ACCOMPLICE is a southern California prog metal quartet featuring Sean Clegg (guitars), Stephen Green (lead vocals), Scott Snyder (bass, vocals), Richard Arbuckle (drums) and Mathew Galasso (piano, keyboards). They were the opening act for such bands as JUDAS PRIEST, RUSH, T.N.T., VAN HALEN, NIGHT RANGER, SAVATAGE and a few others. As you can expect, their music if full of power and fury, something of a mixture of DREAM THEATER, QUEENSRYCHE and FATES WARNING. Names like RUSH, JOURNEY, KANSAS, STYX, SAVATAGE, VAN HALEN and VANDEN PLAS also come to mind. Vocalist Stephen Green will undoubtedly remind you of Geoff Tate (QUEENSRYCHE).

What characterizes ACCOMPLICE's only album is its strong melodies and harmonies as well as its clear, clean production. Compared to other prog metal outfits, however, ACCOMPLICE weave a lot of AOR elements into their music, making it sound more like 80's arena rock than 90's prog metal. Although they pack a lot of punch into their album (pounding drums, booming bass, lots of guitar pyrotechnics, wailing synths and soaring vocals), their ballads are surprisingly gripping too, providing a welcome interlude between the hard-edged, adrenaline-packed numbers. An excellent debut album and a band well worth keeping an eye on.

Highly recommended to hard rock fans, especially if they like their hard rock melodic.

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