Woah there...a meaty package indeed here from Jon Oliva, formerly of Savatage, this boils like a blood-filled cauldron, bubbling the bowels of Hell, pure metal screaming from the heights. A wonderfully clear sound, stirring solo's from Chris Caffery, this is excellent musicianship which in the mid '90s would have probably drifted by as the Seattle grunge scene took over, but when you hear the spitting 'Dont Talk To Me' or sky burning 'Season Of The Witch' you'll forget all about those mop-haired wannabe's and wallow in the fuming, smoking icy cavern that Doctor Butcher constructs. It's at one magical in the wall of sound it constructs, as well as modern, and almost timeless, as I'm sure, 'Innocent Victim' and 'Lost In The Dark' will testify.
Solid, heavy metal.
7.5/10
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