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Testimonial from Jeff "Pizzaman" Wagner (January 2012)

Scott - checked out some of Deep Horizons, which is good (especially technically, you're a great guitarist) but didn't totally cohere for me (I guess you know my tastes, generally). I had already heard Shadowheart Mirror.....but Domain is something I"ve been checking out closely for a couple days. Dude, why isn't .N. on the level of a Symphony X or a Pain Of Salvation or an Evergrey yet? Seriously. It's high quality. I like that it avoids standard prog-metal cliches ("prog-metal cliche" being an inherently problematic oxymoron for me!), I like the brooding darkness of the opening track, and the accessibility of "Don't Look to Me" (and ode to 'Parallels' maybe?)...some other high points later too, like "the Future Remembered" and "Seven Days of Rain,"...ultimately what I like most of about this is it's SONGS, not exercises. Leave the avant-garde weirdness to avant-garde weirdos (and you know I love that kind of thing) and leave the DT-worship to people lacking any kind of original vision. So, congrats! Now you just need a real drummer (don't tell me these are real drums, I won't believe you!) and label that can help! Oh, the vocalist is excellent too. totally underrated, I'd say. - J

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