VOICE OF THE ENSLAVED

US project VOICE OF THE ENSLAVED is a side venture for US composer and musician Blake Carpenter, best known for his ongoing progressive rock project The Minstrel's Ghost. This self-titled debut album from Voice Of The Enslaved, released by Melodic Revolution Records in 2014, explores music of a harder-edged style than in Blake's main project.

Apart from the rather flawed opening track, "Voice of the Enslaved" comes across as a charming production with a small handful of delightful tracks. Perhaps not the album that will inspire dedicated progressive rock fans the most, but those who have an affection for prog-tinged melodic hard rock as well as progressive rock strikes me as a key audience here, and I'd suspect that those who enjoy a band like Magnum at their most intense might find this album to be worth a check.