Here we have the third Hollentor album, which is a vehicle for Glen Poland to get his songs out to a wider audience. On this one he has been joined by Glen Drover (Megadeth), Shawn Drover (Megadeth), Tim Ripper Owens (Judas Priest), Henning Basse, (Firewind), Rudy Sarzo (Ozzy/Whitesnake), James MacDonough (Megadeth/Iced Earth), James LoMenzo (Black Label Society/Megadeth), George Lynch (Dokken/Lynch Mob) and Eric Peterson (Testament), so there is no shortage of musical talent on display, all of the heavy variety. As is my custom, I did not read anything about this album since I originally took it, so had no idea who was playing on it, but right from the off I felt this has the feeling of a project as opposed to a band and now I can see I am right.
This is mid Eighties power metal, and none of it is really bad, the issue is that there is nothing really good here either. This is the type of album which one puts on, and a short while later can remember nothing about it whatsoever. There were elements of Rage here and there, but what really lets this down is the quality of the material as there is nothing to make a metalhead stand up and shout. One can imagine Glen putting a band together to take this out on the road, but while they may be an interesting support act, they would never be much more than that and the first time I played this I was surprised when it finished – not that the album is short, just that I had totally switched off while it was on.
Rating: 6/10
