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...As is the case with Parry's Consortium Project material, most of the songs on Visions were co-written by his friends from Elegy, the Consortium Project, and even Germany's Vanden Plas. The Lill brothers, particularly Stephan Lill on guitars, appear on more than half the tunes. Actually the music of three songs was composed by him: the largely acoustic ballad "(For) Another Day", which features a melodic chorus; the straight-up rocker "Fallin'", with a cool sing-along part; and the hard rock-styled "Smiley People" whose Journey-like arrangement is great. Lill also plays leads on several tunes, of which the Middle Eastern-flavoured "Lovin' A Stranger" stands out the most...
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...On this release, Ian Parry has gotten help from a multitude of musical friends. Parry handles most vocals himself, but all other instruments are handled by skilled musicians from bands like Elegy, Within Temptation, Kamelot and Vanden Plas. The end result is an album filled with short tunes, highly melodic compositions residing somewhere in the borderline between melodic hard rock and power metal. Parry's strong and emotional vocals obviously dominate the soundscape, with melodic guitars and synths enriching the melodies. All songs have strong choruses, catchy and memorable, often with epic atmospheres...
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Somewhere between the power metal of tenor vocalist Ian Parry's former band Elegy and his highly conceptual series of works known as The Consortium Project (one of the other Ayreons), lies his latest effort (under the solo moniker) known as Visions. This time the record tends to be more song driven than CP and more melodically tinged than Elegy, so it's like he took the best of both worlds and put them into this new record...
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...The undeniable album feature that will hit most very quickly is Ian Parry's voice; powerful and emotional. This guy can sing and the album gives him a lot of opportunities to show what he is capable of. I particularly like No Mans Land for this reason. The track has a quiet start of piano and Ian joined by some nice backing vocals. This contrasts well with the full on metal backdrop to Angels, where Ian shows the power available to him. Lovin’ Stranger is probably my favourite track and one of the more progressive ones on the album...
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