THE ART OF NAVIGATING BY THE STARS

What a big disappointment! Agree with everything mentioned by reviewer Tamtam 11/8/2005. So many sites and reviewers have given this 'album of the month' or awarded full marks - WHY? Why is this labelled as Progressive Metal? Progressive maybe, but not metal. Yes the vocalist has a good voice and yes the musicians are clearly talented, but the songs and the compositionsc never get out of neutral. No great breaks or solos solos to get the adrenaline going - nothing exciting happens. In fact the 'twangy' guitar sound that is very persistent all the way through is quite irritating.No-way does this album compare to other great 2005 Prog Metal releases (so far) - Redemption / Circus Maximus / Lord of Mushrooms / Ivanhoe / Scenes and of course DT. Sorry guys - but hey, this is only MY opionion.