Innersight - Meandering (2002)

Yeah, Meandering is a good title for this. It's all over the map without any real regard to song flow. That said, despite its somewhat amateurish sound, the music is pretty good. In style, it's similar to Mytra, but not as high quality. The songs are basically heavy, largely instrumental prog metal, melodic but not hook-based and mostly guitar-driven with occasional use of keyboards. The guitar work isn't showy, but it is solid and handles a lot of different styles with ease. The drums seemed programmed, but are reasonably well done. The riffs don't really remind me of anyone in particular, though there aren't any riffs that I find excellent. The only real complaint I have is that the two songs have no organization. The shorter song, "Varazsceruza" is only five minutes long, but goes through three distinct unrelated sections, while the 25-minute title track goes through too many sections to count. That said, I'm looking forward to hearing their later efforts, as this is promising.

This is their third release, after Blue Shadow and I Have Seen the Future. All of their releases are available from their website.