I enjoy Jane Getter's guitar playing and her music. I previously reviewed one of her albums, and it really worked well. This disc is great, too, but I don't think it's as strong as that one was. Like that album, it's the instrumental stuff that really shines. Unlike that one, this focuses on tracks with vocals. I think the music tends to turn a little more generic in order to achieve that. It's not that the vocals are bad. It's just that the songwriting and instrumental work has to take a back seat to accommodate them.

All that said, the blend of hard rock with fusion and prog here works really well. It's just when you compare it to her earlier work that it feels a little deficient. She just set the bar so high. Notable musicians on this disc, other than Getter include Randy McStine and Alex Skolnick

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Harder rocking and edgy, this has some scorching hot guitar soloing. It leans toward technical metal at times, but there are also fusion vibes and plenty of prog. As strong as the opener was, this really elevates things. It's adventurous and so strong.

The bass groove on the rocking introduction here is so cool. This number makes great use of the contrast between mellower and more rocking stuff. It's a smoking hot number with plenty of fusion at play. This instrumental piece gets really fierce with some scorching guitar soloing later. That section has a driving, nearly metal, prog jam at its core.

I really dig the synthesizer on the mellower opening of this track. The number works out to more of a melodic prog groove as it continues. This becomes quite a ride with a steadily growing and evolving arrangement at its core. It's a killer track that works so well.

I really like the melodic building on this track. This has a somewhat mellower vibe, and it works well. That said, it explodes out into some powerhouse nearly metal jamming for some scorching guitar soloing later.

There is something about this track that just really speaks to me. It's a killer number that works so well. It has some great guitar work, too.

This mellower number features classical strings and some intriguing melodies. The number is definitely the most pedestrian thing here. Still, this song works reasonably well to ground the album as a closer, but I wonder if something a little more typical for the album might have worked better in this slot. I'd also say that this is the weakest track on the whole disc, so that makes the position even more of a mistake to me.