Awake are the UK's hottest new progressive metal talent. With a reputation which is already seeing them described by press as, "The saviours of British progressive metal," and, "The English Evergrey," the band serve up their album for 2007 - Illumination. Possessing a fresh modern sound that sees strong guitar riffs compliment powerful keyboard parts and melodic catchy vocal lines. Illumination has a lot of light and shade with strong melodic ballads backing up heavy guitar driven songs. Yet with this diversity an original voice is heard, one which is likely to appeal to a large cross section of metal fans worldwide. It's an album of 11 exciting new tracks which sees them moving away from the progressive licks of their prior work (as Humanity), to a more direct, heavier sound, much to the pleasure of the band. "We've all grown as musicians and songwriters and this is a much more commercial album," guitarist Richard Hall comments. Heavy Metal/Progressive, total running time, 48:44