This was another instance where I grabbed a CD to reach the minimum purchase amount for a store sale without having to resort to buying a '90s R&B disc. I was happily surprised to find a listing for it on Metal Archives. This is instrumental guitar stuff, certainly pleasant but didn't leave much of a lasting impression on me. The majority of the 16 tracks are metal, but even the more mellow proggish tracks are enjoyable. The album often feels closer to some sort of modern video game music than to '80s or '90s shred--it tends to be more song and mood based than riff and technique based, although I wouldn't have minded some more flash and pomposity to increase the memorability here. Nice as a background listen but hardly anything essential.
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