BRIDGE

This brilliant album is somewhere between prog metal and neo-prog. The vocals, sung in English but with a German accent, are very good but not great, and sound a bit like a lot of other neo-prog vocals. The music changes between light prog metal, neo-prog, and sometimes AOR-style, with a bit of a dark--but not necessarily depressing--sound. The mix of soft and hard here is fantastic--Everon is expert at both.

The heartfelt lyrics deal with relationships and heartbreak--but on a deeper, darker level than most love songs. Oliver Philipps and his band have put together a stellar album on every level. I'm a fairly new fan to Everon, and there's every possibility that at some time in the future I'll regard this as a 5-star album. Highly recommended, especially for those who like both prog metal and neo-prog. 4.5 stars.