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Balance
Of Power “Perfect Balance”
 England’s Balance Of Power was formed by keyboardist Ivan Gunn. The
band was made up of excellent London rockers and Balance Of Power was
born. They suffered line up changes before solidifying their band.
Original members from their first album, guitarist Paul Curtiss and
vocalist Tony Ritchie, were replaced at the labels request as stylistic
changes were made that did not fit those members talents. American lead
vocalist Lance King and British guitarist Pete Southern, were the
replacements. Keyboardist Ivan Gunn recently left the band as his
company Anthem Records was going so well that he did not have enough
time to dedicate to the group. The band has created 3 full-length
albums. The first two, When The World Falls Down, and Book Of Secrets;
respectively were released in Japan and Europe. With very little push,
they have garnered rave reviews and have sold in excess of 100.000
copies. The third release, Ten More Tales Of Grand Illusion, was
released to Japan on October 20th, in Europe on November 21st,
and in the USA on January 15th 2000 to a barrage of
fantastic press worldwide. Ten More Tales received many nominations for
album of the month and even album of the year from magazines. The band
toured Germany in support of the new album and played 19 shows in 21
days and put to rest rumors that they were just a studio band. Shortly
before the tour began the band parted ways with bassist Chris Dale and
bassist/vocalist Tony Ritchie was reinstated back to the ranks of BOP.
The tour was deemed the most successful metal tour in the last 2-3 years
in Germany selling out venues across Germany.
In spring of 2001, Balance Of Power released the 4th album
Perfect Balance. The album hit the streets in Europe on July 23rd
(on Massacre Records), Japan- August 7th (on new label
Avalon / Marquee) and the USA on August 14th (on Nightmare
Records). All three releases are unique onto themselves, each has it’s
own cover artwork. US version has a CD Rom section for your computer to
see live video footage taken from last years German tour. The Japanese
version has two bonus tracks.
Wow!! Where do we start? When we listened to this new album we wanted to
grow our hair long, wear a leather jacket, cruise around in cars, and
crank up the CD player. Power Of Balance returns with their 4th
studio album that
showcases the group’s talent for songwriting and production.
This album is definitely the real deal! Prog4you.com is completely
committed to this new disc by Balance Of Power. This is by far the best
new melodic metal album to come out in a long time, and the best Balance
Of Power album yet.
This album raises the standard and it is above all the rest. One word
says it all, Smokin! This album deserves the three E’s; excellent,
energetic, and exciting. There are 9 killer tracks totaling 52:46
minutes, involving great song writing and great harmonies. The
production and sound quality is excellent. The music is polished and
tight. This music is reminiscent of 80’s style metal, but with a
modern sound. They have the potential to be mainstream without even
trying....that style! Which track deserves to be the best on the album?
Fire Dance, One Voice, The Pleasure Room, or Hard Life? All of them! I’m
telling you, if you love metal, this album will get your rocks off.
Prog4you chooses Balance Of Power, Perfect Balance, as album of the
month for the month of October.
We give it 10 keyboards straight up. Perfect Balance, it’s in the name
Perfect.
Kick ass, take numbers and crank out the cash to purchase this
album. Buy it! We highly recommend it.
Reviewer: George Roldan
You can catch POB in concert at
PROG-POWER FEST / Atlanta Georgia on November 9th & 10th
Visit The Official Balance Of Power website
http://www.balance-of-power.com/Flash/main.swf
You can purchase Balance Of Power CD's at the following locations
http://www.nightmare-records.com/
DISCOGRAPHY
When The World Falls Down 1997
Book Of Secrets 1998
Ten More Tales 1999
Perfect Balance 2001
Nightmare Records & Distribution
7751 Greenwood Drive,
ST. Paul, MN 55112 USA
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CD's from the band site's or show your patronage and buy from the
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Review Date
September 16,2001
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