Guitar pop goes metal, giving you the quirky tunes with melody, power and metal all rolled into one. Opener 'Burning' mixes hair metal choruses (reminiscent of Heavy Pettin’) with Maiden-esque guitar solos and European power metal rhythms.

The album continues in a similar vein.

'Black Rose' features keyboards with a gothic touch and dark vocals, before the guitars come crashing in.

From dark to progressive to AOR, it’s all here and fun too.

'I.N.F.I.L.A.' is a power metal ballad which nods at Queen.

Enjoyable, worth checking out.

***½

Review by Joe Geesin

Burning

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***** Out of this world | **** Pretty damn fine |
*** OK, approach with caution unless you are a fan |
** Instant bargain bin fodder | * Ugly. Just ugly