Now this really surprised me when I first heard it - I was introduced to these rockers with the track 'Choose This Day' which begins like some dodgy '80s hair metal track, but then somehow it twists and turns with jarring guitars and odd vocal warbles and gang chants as if it were some cold, remote German techno-metal outing. This is a strange record, often icy in its power metal leaning, especially with Vett Roberts' wails, but it's all so mystical, almost thrashy and always cutting. I guess if techno-freaks Watchtower decided to mellow slightly then maybe Recon would be the result - but even then, when you hear the classic metal stomp of 'Dreams' or the bass heavy 'Ancient Days' I'm just flabbergasted at the attitude and precision of these guys. It's sad that these Christian metal-heads only lasted for one album although bizarrely they did throw out a live opus eleven years later! 'Behind...' though has all the frosty melody of Helloween, Sanctuary and Queensryche combined. Props must go to the twin guitar attack of Eddie Starline and George Ochoa. Classy metal.
7.5/10
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