REDRESS THE BALANCE

I had a feeling this CD was different from the rest of Final Conflict's discography. And I found later I was right. After buying all their post Redress in Balance output I finally got this CD. From track one onwards two things are very clear: 1) all the basics elements of FC sound are right here and 2) they had yet to find their own style. The two vocalists were already doing their trademark exchange leads in a very harmonic way they still do. Subtle and yet very effective and original. The excellent musicianship shows through, specially during the guitar solos. However, the songs are not up to level they would soon achieve in latter CDs. In fact, very soon. Next year's Quest would show the band improving so much that Redress the Balance sounds almost like other band trying to emulate Final conflict!

So if you're not familiar to FC sound, this is not the CD to start. It's not bad at all, but their songwriting here is way below their average stock we know and love. It's almost a blueprint of things to come. Certainly the arrival of keyboardist Steve Lipiec would improve a lot their sound and I believe he was the missing piece for the perfect FC chemistry to work So I think this CD is for the one's who already have the rest of the Final Conflicts discography and want to know how they started.