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Free Music Review: Firing on all cylinders
Hit: 4 Stars
Engine as the name might suggest, is stripped-down metal taken to the barest essentials. Its not ground-breaking or earth-shattering, but its damn good and damn listenable. Gone are the constantly-shifting time signatures and complex percussive arrangements of Fates Warning. Lead vocalist Ray Alder neatly acquits himself here, Engine's at least as good and even better that _Parallels_ or _Inside_Out_, and at points its definitely on par with some of the best moments past _Perfect_Symmetry_. Its groovier, brooding, power metal, much simpler and heavier, sometimes bordering on the funk-thrash of Death Angel. The tracks "Monster", "You're Awake" and the devastating "Teach Me" are ample evidence of the Engine redlining. But there are slower moments, like "Tree of Life" and the gorgeous "Falling Star" (with some commendable textural guitar work by Mr. Bernie Versailles) that prove Engine can downshift and write a good power ballad if given free license. Sometimes the songwriting is a bit simple-minded, but in general this is really excellent and appealing stuff.Free Music Review: Fates Warning it ain't ... good straight-up metal it is
Hit: 4 Stars
This is a very good album ... taken for what it is: a metal album. No orchestrations, no complex time-changes, no ballads (!), no keyboards (well ... not really) -- it isn't progressive and it isn't power metal, and it isn't meant to be. The vocals are still very strong and enjoyable, though I don't think Ray's voice is on par with his more operatic Fates Warning style. The music is moody, brooding, and heavy -- bordering on visceral, but not that harsh. Years back I would have loved this album even more probably, now its aggressiveness is almost a little too much for me, but not so that I can't recognize how good it is. A solid buy for metal fans, in my opinion.Free Music Review: It grows like creeping ivy
Hit: 4 Stars
That should be a compliment. I really like Fates Warning. I was happily surprised to find this sticking out of the 'E' bin. At first, it was a little less than I had wanted. Key word there: wanted. I found out through a few more spins that what I wanted should have nothing to do with the great disc that I was given. It's just a really great metal CD. Too many side projects get infected by the 'home sound' and can suffer. Engine could be just a new metal band ready to take on the road. They stand well apart from Fates and squeeze all they can from this one-shot. Heavy and moody, it works best on a rainy day when you want to brood.Free Music Review: Great!
Hit: 4 Stars
After reading Metal Blade's bally-hoos of this CD for quite some time, this was great to pick up. I am very impressed by this thoughtful effort. I don't know much about Ray Alder, but he's got lots of talent. Engine in my view is sort of like the Deftones minus the "down" atmosphere the 'tones have, and the rap. A great metal-mood CD to play in the car when you're going home with the girlfriend! ;-)Free Music Review: Engine Delivers massive Torque
Hit: 4 Stars
Ray Alder has once again proven that he is a major vocal talent in the hard rock/metal community. His lyrics and vocals are sharp and penetrate you. Joey Vera delivers thunderous bottom on bass as well as top craft production skills. Fates Warning and Armored Saint fans will be very pleased with this CD.