These guys are getting pushed as a progressive rock band. There are some parts that have prog leanings for sure. I just don't see that label fitting, though. I do think they are a heavy metal band, though. That said, it's not a tight fit, either. They have a lot of Deep Purple, Uriah Heep and Rainbow reference points. I would say that there is also plenty of NWOBHM here. You might argue with my classification, but this is an intriguing set that is both fresh and rooted in classic sounds.

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Much more of an old-school metal sound is on the menu here. This feels like a NWOBHM thing. It's driving, hard-edged and pretty classy. The instrumental break features some killer guitar soloing. At times it leans more on the melodic. At other points it turns more toward shred zones.

Now, this track has a lot of progressive rock built into it. Yet it has plenty of meaty metal also on display. The energy and dynamic shifts on this are both great. This is one of my favorites here. I love the keyboard presence and the unique changes. I'm reminded a little of Dio era Rainbow, but with more prog built into it. The closing jam runs close to a more metallic Jethro Tull and is a real powerhouse.

More metal sound merged with Deep Purple and Jethro Tull seems a pretty apt description of this one as it gets underway. The vocals bring more of that NWOBHM sort of thing.

This instrumental piece features plenty of melodic guitar and keyboards. It definitely lands along the prog end of the spectrum.

The organ that gets us underway here makes me think of both Deep Purple and Uriah Heep. As a harder rocking, riff driven section takes over, those references are intensified. The vocals bring more of that NWOBHM thing, though. The keyboard dominated instrumental break brings more progressive rock to the table. The guitar soloing that comes in on the next break reinforces the metal concepts.

There are some hard rocking elements at play, but overall this feels more pure metal than some of the stuff here. There is some great energy to the track. It does get a little proggy in a break later. This has some smoking hot metal informed by hard rock at its core.

Keyboards start this, lending a real prog angle to it. It eventually shifts toward more driving metal sound. I really love some of the riffs on this stomper. This is one of the highlights of the set for me. There are some proggier things that come in both as icing on the cake and as melodic choices. That said, the metal is still in the driver's seat. We have a fast-paced jam later that brings some hints of Deep Purple, but again it resolves to pure metal ferocity. It crescendos late and some cool noisy stuff gives way to some keyboard soloing. That eventually gives way to a return to the earlier modes. Then a short prog meets metal jam ends it in style.