Soul Secret - Flowing Portraits
Progrock Records

file under Prog / Sympho metal

Winston: It has been a while but ‘finally’ we have one again; an Italian prog metal band who have Fates Warning and Dream Theater as main influences, or so it seems as Soul Secret make clear on their album ‘Flowing Portraits’. Sometimes it can turn our a bit disturbing even when bands do that but not with Soul Secret, they manage quite well actually. Lots of variation with spotlight on guitarist Antonio Vitozzi but also on the keyboards of Luca diGanerro, while singer Mark Basile is doing his job more than OK too. His voice is somewhat reminiscent of Charlie Dominici anno 2008 by the way.

During six songs Soul Secret takes you along for a nice ride, supported by a good production. Most songs are about seven minutes but ‘Tears Of Kalliroe’ serves you well for more than sixteen minutes, with an orchestral overture even! Oh yes! I’m happy that bands can use the obvious FW/DT influences for their own good, finding their own musical path. Nice album this ‘Flowing Portraits’.

Rating: 84/100 (details)

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