Forever In Vein

A MASTERPIECE PROGRESSIVE MUSIC
Oh yeah … what do you expect more from a progressive music album if the musicians offer you with a music which has a balanced between complexity and harmony yet it’s adventurous in nature? Well, this is the case with this album. Even though this album was released too soon after their previous release “The Rainmaker” (2001) this follow-up album still have the same excellent quality as its predecessor.

Rex Smith, younger brother of Starz vocalist Michael Lee Smith, may be better known to his Stateside fans for his roles on stage and screen; playing motorcycle police officer Jesse Mach in the 1985 TV series Street Hawk, as well as guest appearances on The Love Boat, Baywatch, Daredevil and Caroline In The City. He also played Danny Zuko in the 1978 Broadway production of Grease, eventually becoming a household name via the popular daytime drama As The World Turns, whilst also replacing Andy Gibb as presenter on popular US TV music show Solid Gold in 1982.

German dance-pop duo Modern Talking were formed in Berlin in early 1983 by Dieter Bohlen, then a composer and producer employed by the Intersong label; teaming with vocalist Thomas Anders, they soon began work on their first single, 1984's "You're My Heart, You're My Soul." …

The U.S. version of the soundtrack for the Beatles' ill-fated British television special embellished the six songs that were found on the British Magical Mystery Tour double EP with five other cuts from their 1967 singles…

Exumer was an early German thrash metal band with close ties to Angel Dust (their labelmates on the Desaster imprint) and a raw, vicious, unsophisticated style derived chiefly from influences like Venom, Exodus, and Slayer…

Vulgar Unicorn’s guitarist Bruce Soord’s other group produces its first CD. Although it is very much in the Vulgar Unicorn/ Porcupine Tree vein it is a little more guitar orientated, the result is a far less esoteric sound than Vulgar Unicorn and in many ways more progressive. Some great guitar riffing and lead work, especially on the 23 minute epic “Parted Forever” with its inexorable build up to a great final part, exemplifies this fine work. Over an hour of inventive prog, mixing 70’s and 90’s styles this album is for anyone who likes Vulgar Unicorn, Porcupine Tree and Radiohead. For those waiting for the next Vulgar Unicorn album - this is a must.