Reviewed by Andrew Privett This is a tough one. Firstly, because it is a low-budget demo, and secondly, because the cassette I'm listening to isn't, in fact, what will be on sale in the autumn. "So why review it now?", I hear you scream. Search me! The full CD version boasts a big name line-up: engineers - Dan Treckenbrock and Rick May (dcTalk); drums - Robert Sweet (Stryper); guitars - Michael Bailey (Stryper/Danger Angel), PJ Bussey (The Calm) and Rob Johnson (Magnitude Nine); bass - Dan Wilkinson (The Calm) and on vocals - Kevin Potter (Taker). Well, we'll have to wait and see. So, about this particular demo version. It sounds like an intriguing project, with some interesting touches. I wasn't altogether taken with the vocal lines - they sounded rather stereotypical of the genre. There are a lot of lengthy instrumental parts throughout 'Confessions.', "The Raging Calm" which I especially like has a sort of late '70s Rush ('Hemispheres', 'Permanent Waves') riffy feel. I did find it difficult to categorise this album because it's on the lighter side of metal (at this demo stage, anyway). It has a progressive rock feel, which incidentally is my bag. I would also say that it has an atmospheric ponderous quality, which would come across much better on CD. So I guess it's wait and see. I look forward to reviewing the full-length completed project.
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Um... sorry, but Michael Bailey NEVER played in Stryper. He was in a band with Stryper drummer Robert Sweet after Stryper broke up. The band was called Danger Angel, and that's a far cry from being a 'member of Stryper'!
How do you know that?
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