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Dave Cockett of Fireworks and Powerplay magazines writes, "A highly regarded keyboard player in the ever growing Italian scene, Mistheria has been making music for about ten years now. In the past he's worked with the likes of Rick Renstrom, Winterlong, and Rob Rock, adding his own neo-classical touches to the latter's excellent 'Eyes Of Eternity' opus. Messenger Of The Gods is his first solo release for Lion Music, and the first big surprise was to find that rather than being another all instrumental affair, the CD was actually a full vocal album. Not to take anything away from the music which is actually pretty good throughout (kinda Malmsteen meets Kelly Simonz with a slight progressive twist), but the most amazing thing about this release is the sheer scale of the guest list. If I was to say that such respected players as Rob Rock, Hubi Meisel, Alex Masi, Anders Johansson, Tommy Denander and John Macaluso wasn't even half the story, you should get a feel for the scale of Mistheria's ambitions. And as I said, the guy actually seems to have the musical muscle to back up such a bold approach, the overblown flamboyance of songs such as "Zeus Will Storm The Earth", "Eternity", and "The Beast Of The Maze" never failing to impress. Lastly, whilst Mistheria is obviously the driving force behind the whole thing, his contributions never overshadow the songs themselves, giving Messenger Of The Gods much more of a band feel. Excellent!"
Heavy Metal, total running time, 78:51 - Mistheria @ iTunes!
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