From The Inside: Visions

From The Inside is a project formed by former Tyketto member Danny Vaugn (vocals) who is joined by guitarist Jimi Bell (House of Lords), Peter Lobo (drums), Fabrizio Gossi (bass) and Eric Ragno (keyboards). Let me get this out of the way first: this is not progressive rock. In fact, this is far removed from anything progressive which is not necessarily a bad thing. After all, one cannot listen to overly complex music all the time, well, maybe one can, but that is beside the point. I sometimes like to lighten the load so to speak and I do not mean pop fluff, but something with a good melody and a Master's Degree is not required to understand it. That is what we have here, a pleasant slice of classic melodic rock. According to Danny Vaugn's website, the intent was to make an album heavily influenced by Journey and seeing how they had just finished a tour with the aforementioned band that is exactly what they did.

This is a well done record, with quality musicianship and passionate vocals delivered by Vaugn. Jimi Bell lays down some nice guitar leads, no long meandering solos here, just short and sweet and to the point. The songs are all mid-length in the 4 to 6 minute range so there is not much room for longer instrumental passages. For those of you who have to have an epic tune here or there this record is not for you. However, if you dig melodic rock, with the emphasis on melodic, and like rock music in the vein of Journey, you will appreciate this disc. If you are searching for something completely earth shattering you may be disappointed. After a few listens the songs sound pretty similar to one another so keep that in mind when making your buying decision. Maybe next time they will stretch their boundaries a little and not play it quite so safe. Having said that, what matters most for me is the quality of the music and From The Inside sets a fairly high standard in the melodic rock genre, and I can safely recommend this to fans of this style of music without hesitation. This one earns a solid three stars.

Track Listing:
1) Light Years (5:07)
2) Making Waves (5:40)
3) If It's Not Love (4:46)
4) Listen To Your Heart (5:04)
5) Love is No Stranger (4:37)
6) 21st Century (5:11)
7) Days of Hunger (3:54)
8) Visions (5:09)
9) Moment To Moment (4:46)
10) One More Night In Heaven (4:11)
11) Push me Off (4:00)
12) Telemetry (4:50)

Added: December 16th 2008
Reviewer: Jon Neudorf
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