Beyond The Stars

Ivory Tower are back. Although I didn't like their first

release that much, this one is starting very well ! Did we find a new

Dream Theater ??? That's what the first song would suggest with typical

DT riffs and vocal parts. The solo is original and magnificent on this

excellent song called : Silence. The first song is a killer prog

metal song that will please every prog. metal fans and even others. Now

the question is will the album be able to stand this level all along ?

Extremely anxious about the second track... it starts differently but

soon the Dream Theater like touch is back... wow ! The firsts songs really

reminds me of Images & Words album. Chorus is very nice and so is

the overall musical ambiance of this very good second songs called Secret

In Me.. Third track is the "long" song of this record with

almost 12 minutes ! Being a huge Dream Theater fan I really appreciate

the songs up til now and third song is no exception, a very nice prog

song. The rest of the album keeps on going very nicely and I'm really

astonished by Ivory Tower's second album ! They really made a big step

up to my opinion. The second part of the album is pretty good, although

I really think the strongpoint of this album is the 3 firsts songs, don't

misunderstand me, the rest holds many surprises as well, like Beyond

The Stars for exemple. So this album is definitely a good surprise

! Dream Theater fans and other prog fans can blindly buy this one. Thumbs

up !