RC2 - Future Awaits
New to the station - RC2’s “Future Awaits.” This promo from ProgRock Records just arrived the other day, a couple of weeks before its release date. They promote themselves as a prog metal band reminiscent of Dream Theater. Now, I think that many DT fans will enjoy this RC2 disc, but for the most part I don’t hear much of a similarity. It’s heavy in places, and certainly progressive, but a bit too broad in its influences to be pigeonholed as prog metal in my mind. There are some instrumentals (which I preferred over the vocal tunes, but that’s typical for me) that show off the bands prowess on their instruments and creative abilities. The vocals aren’t bad but I must admit I would have really loved this if it were 100% instrumental.