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Houston-based band Six Minute Century is presenting their debut album Time Capsules via Nightmare Records. Lance King only signs bands he believes in, now Six Minute Century have to show the world their talent.
The foursome opens up with Under The Moonlight, a progressive power metal tune which reminds me a bit of Fates Warning... At the instrumental passage guitarist Don LaFon can show his skills. Most songs are about 6+ minutes and so give the band enough space to show off their talent. Slowly they kick off The Perfect Picture, but becomes a heavy, guitar-driven tune. Chuck Williams' vocals partly carry an 80's hard rock vibe and so make you think of TNT... One Man's Dream begins with words of the famous speech of Martin Luther King, a heavy groove is driving this one ahead. April 19, 1995 deals with the Oklahoma bombing has a melodic edge. The song is picking up pace, is getting heavier... It's also quite progressive, like Dream Theater at a more melodic, song-orientated track. Slow and melancholy the song ends. The riffing of Zero Hour has written Savatage allover it, and so you can expect a heavy, riff-based track which also offers a piano - like so many Savatage tunes do. Lyrically the song deals with the war in Iraq, telling the story from a soldier's point of view. The vocals are up-front at the slower passages and so it's like the soldier is talking to you. Piano leads you into Guitar Concierto, a neo-classical instrumental. Saved In Time and Heaven's Gate are heavy prog metal tunes which show reminiscences to Symphony X. A fast, guitar-driven track is Get Your Wings, the song shows some Dio citations, but it also shows symphonic elements. Their version of TNT's Seven Seas is based on heavy riffs, but still quite melodic, brings back the 80's vibe. Chuck Williams is doing well here.
Six Minute Century deliver a great album, great performance and even with reminiscences to one or the other band they have already developed their own style, at least it shines through and I bet with their next album they show their true identity.
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