Artension - Machine (2000)

I was having my doubts about continuing with Artension after their previous album FORCES OF NATURE, which I thought was totally forgettable. I hadn't been all that excited by their first two either, they didn't seem to have too much to do with power metal, and whatever metal they were associated with wasn't calling out to me. But this one's pretty good.  There's no denying Vitalij Kuprij's keyboard skills, whether it be piano or... keyboards (what used to be called organs), and they are very notable here, like with the concluding "I See Through Your Disguise", while other songs that caught my attention include "Madness Calling" and "Evolution In Reverse".
Machine is not an album I can see myself running back to, and I probably will put Artension aside once I have finished listening to their stuff (i.e. sell their CDs on Ebay), but at least it kept me pretty entertained.

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