Artension - Into The Eye Of The Storm (1996)

Artension is the baby of classicaly-trained keyboardist Vitalij Kuprij (also principle songwriter), and his background really shows through this debut album.  It's an adequate more than rivetting listen, but it's Kuprij's work that really shines, especially on the instrumental "Red's Recovery" although, at seven minutes, it's a bit too long.
It's not really all that power metalish, or progressive either (in which they are also grouped), as well as not terribly memorable, but we'll see how they go from here.

**1/2