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After recording two CDs with Seven Witches,
Second War In Heaven and City Of Lost Souls, and also working with the
independent act Overlorde, Bobby "Leather Lungs" Lucas has appeared with
Exhibition on Limb Music/SPV. But Exhibition's origins don't lie within
Bobby Lucas; the formation actually began after the progmetal outfit Eternity
X from New Jersey disbanded during 1998. The core of Exhibition began with the
three members Jeff Shernov (guitar), Jamie Mazur (keyboards) and Jimmy Peruta
(drums). And as a sticker, which was stuck to the shrink-wrapping on The Sign
Of Tomorrow proclaimed, the goal was to mesh 80s metal (Judas Priest, Ozzy,
Iron Maiden) and Prog-Rock/Metal (Dream Theater/Fates Warning/Rush) together
into one cohesive unit. Exhibition drafted bass player Brett Rome and already
noted Bobby Lucas to complete their line-up and work began. Following a
three-song demo (all three songs for the demo are included within in newly
mastered versions) Exhibition were given the chance to exhibit their talent
here, on this fantastic debut CD.
So what do you get when you stick this in
your CD player? There is nothing other than enormously technical power metal
with some progressive tinges thanks to Jamie on the keyboards. But the pyramid
holding Exhibition together - making their music strong - contains the
following sides. Side one is the invigorating guitar leads, clearly Iron
Maiden influenced at times, but the styles often changes to a melodic yet
crunching style (the Fates Warning influence) as evident on 'Strange
Reality'. Number two the strong vocals from Bobby which still have his
"Leather Lung" elements, but they are also very melodic at times. He has
actually improved his vocal technique over what I heard in Seven Witches (note
- I've never heard the second Seven Witches CD City Of Lost Souls at this
point). And the third side consists of the solid rhythm section, fluent drums
and hammering bass.
| Tracklist |
1. Before The End Of Time |
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2. Strange Reality 3. Wings Of The Dragon 4. The Sign Of |
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Tomorrow 5. Dark Horizon 6. Shattered Memories 7. Queen |
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Of Pain 8. A New Beginning 9. Voices In The Night |
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: 60.00
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