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Sleepy Hollow's debut album from 2000, showing a mixture of 70's hard rock, 80's metal, and progressive rock. Although reminiscent of Deep Purple, Marillion, and even Dream Theater, the band marks out a distinct sound by keeping the keyboards as prominent as the guitars, even in the heavier moments, and sharing equal vocal duties amongst the 4 band members. "Destiny" opens the album with classical pomp, leading to a hard rock anthem with a catchy chorus. In classic Sleepy Hollow fashion, the latter half of the song is devoted to an organ solo (over a bluesy groove) and a searing heavy metal guitar solo.Keyboardist Joe Dell's "Two Too Late" takes the place of the cliche power ballad - instead giving us a jazzy ballad closer to Tori Amos than to hair metal. Matt Schwarz's flute brings a touch of Jethro Tull to the song, while Dan Castiel's sax finishes the song on a bluesy note."From Above" starts out as a rocker, with lyrics about alien abduction, and ends with a wild, psychedelic organ solo over wah guitar, with the rhythm section providing an excellent groove in an odd time signature that should keep 70's prog fans happy.They'll be even happier with the next song - the epic of the album and traditional set closer for the band: "Sleepy Hollow". It begins with a haunting filigree of acoustic guitars, wonderfully decorated by cymbal flourishes and wordless vocals by drummer Frank Melick. A spoken part sets the scene over a church bell tolling, followed by some very Iron Maidenish heavy metal, with excellent lyrics. A few minutes later, (after an excellent synth solo over a driving metal backing)the intro acoustic figure underpines a flute solo, bringing a moment of calm before the band kicks in for a final metal roar as the headless horseman decapitates Ichabod Crane. The bass drum even provides the sound of Ichabod's head hitting the ground!