II = I

The 2nd studio release by Sweden's Andromeda. Although there are elements of other prog-metal bands they have created their own distinctively style full of synthesizer and effects. All the musicians are on a quite high niveau if you consider they're all about 20! The music changes from heavy passages to soft passages always with a nice melody, the required complexity and expressive vocals. Although the guitar is often quite heavy it never gets harder then Dream Theater and there are never any growls by the singer. Highlights are the title track "Two is one", the freaky instrumental "Morphing into Nothing" (reminds a bit of Liquid Tension Experiment) and Parasite. At all it's a quite diversified by a very young and talented band, but it's not essential.