This new single features some interesting music. In fact, I'd say the instrumental presence on this is quite good. It has a nice balance between mellower and rocking. It lands near metal territory. The vocals don't work as well to my ear. I'm sure that there are others who will disagree with me, but they are a bit out of my wheel-house.

 

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The mellow guitar that opens this has a bit of a jazzy sound to it. The electric soloing guitar that comes over the top is powerful and stirring. The vocals have a soulful sort of musical theater vibe to them. I'm not a huge fan of musical theater, so this doesn't work that well for me. However the screaming hot metal-like section later in the track is a real powerhouse. The mix of sounds on this is a bit unusual, but also cool. There is some more soaring guitar soloing later in the track.