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One really admiring thing about Zeno Roth is that, with the exception of
lead vocals, he plays all the music on this album. Just like his brother
Uli he's got some kind of concept for it all. I guess "Listen to the
Light" is about love. Love for the life and God. He's quoting both from
the Bible and "The Teaching of Buddha" to describe the light in this
world. The other musician, the singer, is Michael Flexig. To describe
him I'll say like this. A passionate AOR-singer with a lot of the german
speed-metal voicings. He's really good, actually. This albums is one
that can fit in to both the 90's and the 80's. Just because of the
songs. In some of them Zeno really hits hard with the 80's synthezisers,
and in some he's doing just radio-friendly tunes.
Zeno Roth is mainly a guitarist, even if he's not of those who has to do
a seven guitar solos in each and every song. I can't figure out his
influences, even if the Hendrix sound is there sometimes. The skillful
playing is comparable with the neo-classical style similar to Malmsteen.
Zeno also reminds me a little bit of his brother Uli John Roth.
The three bonus tracks are older recordings, and when I say older, I
really mean older. They're all about 10 years old now. The style of them
are the same as the rest of the album, only less dynamic. The power and
vision in the music is more shown on the other tracks. "Walking on a
Thin Line" is one of the best on the album though.
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