Search - Balance of Power :: Perfect Balance [U.S. Version]

Features: metal vocal legend Lance King The UK based power/progressive metal band Balance Of Power came together in the mid-nineties before releasing its full length debut When The World Falls Down in 1997. Subsequently acquiring a new lead vocalist in Lance King from the USA, the band recorded its sophomore effort Book Of Secrets in 1998 prior to following up with Ten More Tales Of Grand Illusion a year later. On its fourth full length release, appropriately entitled Perfect Balance, Balance Of Power takes a foundation of double bass driven power metal and infuses it with elements of catchy melodic metal and sweeping progressive metal. The end result is by far the bands strongest effort to date. Lance King proves one of the finest vocalists in the power/progressive metal genre in contributing a classic tenor voice with abundant power, range and dynamics. Pete Southern and Bill Yates form a strong guitar team in which the two combine for a solid rhythm guitar sound and an abundance of technical lead guitar work. Drummer Bill Yates literally buries the album in super tight double bass, while Tony Ritchie remains a steady presence on bass. Perfect Balance showcases an immaculate production job highlighting just the right amount of polish. A more than adequate amount of rhythm guitar underscores a mix of crystal clear lead guitar and punchy bass lines. The album, at the same time, features perhaps the finest drum sound this reviewer has heard. (What else would you expect from a project produced by the bands drummer!)