ENTRANCE

ENTRANCE was a Chilean prog metal band,from which surfaced the star of keyboard wizard Jaime Rosas,who later followed a succesful personal career.Their eponymous debut was released in 1999,two years after the band was found.

The sound here is balanced and well-played melodic Progressive Metal with high-pitched and sometimes annoying vocals by Claudio Morice,it took me sometime to get used to his voice.Jaime Rosas delivers excellent complex keyboard parts and synth flashes,often with a Classical tendency,and guitarist Richard Pilnik does it also very well on both lead and rhythm guitars.Hints of DREAM THEATER and also ARTENSION are evident throughout the listening.However most of the tracks do not escape from the standard song form and thus,the album does not offer plenty of surprises.

''Entrance'' heads to fans of both Prog Rock and Prog Metal,who search for melody,but also some aggresiveness in their music menu.