The third album from this band from USA.
The band was a quartet with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars, mandolin, electric violin and vocals.
Numerous guests added drums, guitars, cello, violin, viola, keyboards and vocals. Alex Skolnick from Testament is among the guests here.
The band returned after a five years long break. The previous album The New World was released in 2012 and I reviewed it for # 1 of this blog the same year. I have also reviewed their 2007 debut album Headspace some days ago, on the last day of 2024.
I liked both albums. A review of their new album, released last year, will be posted before the end of this month.
The music on the fifty minutes long Guilty Of Innocence is a bit all over the place. From bluegrass inspired americana to funk, jazz, fusion, eclectic prog to more hard rock. Add in some pieces of neo-classical music and you get my drift.
There is even a Muse cover here.
The music is really, really intense at times. It is like a Mahavishnu Orchestra album, only three times faster.
The violins from Joe Deninzon is the dominating instrument here as this is his band, his vision. They are a bit too overpowering here and the album comes across as a violin hero album.
There are some good stuff here. But half of this album is decent or worse.
There are simply not enough pieces of good music here. Nevertheless, check out this band.
2.5 points
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