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Circle II Circle
- Watching in Silence AFM Records 2003 After Zack Stevens left Savatage I pretty much expected never to hear from him again other than the occasional guest appearance. Needless to say I was more than happy to read about his new band Circle II Circle. Circle II Circle is THE band for everyone that finds Savatage a little to over the top.. its a perfect Savatage spin off band, briliant vocal-lines and melodies that go straight to your heart, just a little less bombastic as Stevens' previous band. The first time I put this album on I got slightly disappointed, maybe it was the alcohol I had consumed before the first time listening, maybe it was the time, perhaps both but the first two songs as I remembered the day after were way too poppy for my liking. The second time I listened I started blaming the alcohol, because, although they weren't the heaviest tracks on the cd they weren't poppy at all, damn alcohol! Stevens picked great musicians for his project because the band sounds like a solid group and the songs are simply heartwarming, as you are to expect with a voice like Stevens. The songs are easy to understand and after hearing them a few times you can already sing along with most of the chorusses, which yours truely sure as hell does. Watching In Silence starts out soft but gets better along the way, its a damn shame the album only lasts a little under 38 minutes.
Ofcourse we cannot forget the influences of Jon Oliva (Savatage), the songs he helped to write sure have their own sound and can easily be picked out from the album by the well trained Savatage ear, too bad there isn't a duet between the two of them like on older Savatage.
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