STEEL PROPHET “Book Of The Dead” /Digipack CD/

Remastered re-release of the third full-length album by the cult American Progressive Power/Thrash Metal band.
One of Power Metal's most underrated bands, America's Steel Prophet has managed to mix aggressive, borderline Thrash and Progressive Metal with some supremely melodic arrangements. True Metal at it's best! Steel Prophet is a name that never actually heard until they started putting songs on just about every Heavy Metal "tribute" CD that came out. Thing about their covers were that they were usually the best songs on the compilations.
The concept album based on Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" showed off the band's knack for twin-guitar leads and its ability to craft memorable songs and solos. Twin-guitar leads and melodic vocal lines in the classic mold of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. In fact, so complete is this record that a faithful cover of Fates Warning's "The Apparition" seems tacked on at the end.
Mythiasin's voice, along with Kachinsky's vision, is one major reason why Steel Prophet continued to exist despite years of flying under the Metal community's radar. The band released compelling, intelligent and muscular Metal during America's Grunge and Nu-Metal era. For that alone, we should be grateful. 
In any case, this is an excellent album, sort of like early Fates Warning but heavier!
Digitally 24-Bit remastered re-edition on 24kt Gold CD!
Nuclear Blast GmbH/Metal Mind Productions, 1999/2008 (MASS CD 1230 DG). Made in Poland.


Tracklist:
1. Montag (Chapter One) 5:58
2. New Life (Chapter Fice) 5:27
3. Strange Encounter (Chapter Two) 4:42
4. The Secret (Chapter Three) 5:26
5. We Are Not Alone 5:31
6. Betrayal (Chapter Four) 6:38
7. Look What You've Done 4:03
8. Scarred For Life 4:26
9. Spectres 4:41
10. The Apparation 5:49
Bonus Track:
11. Ride The Sky 5:58
Total playing time: 58:39

Remastered re-release of the sixth full-length album by the cult American Progressive Power Metal band.
After starting the band in the ‘80s, founder Steve Kachinsky never gave it much thought that in the year 2002 they’d still be going strong and creating the most important and vital music of their careers. "Unseen" seethes with passion and vitality, and Steel Prophet’s undying hunger gives the songs on album an underlying rawness and edge. Their first three releases, combined with constant gigging in the LA area with bands like Armored Saint and Fates Warning, gained them a loyal following, but it wasn’t until Nuclear Blast signed them in 1998 that Steel Prophet truly emerged as a powerful music force.
The album balances its aggression and intense, often politically charged lyrics with dreamy ‘70s inspired melodies, easily creating the deepest listening experience Steel Prophet has ever delivered. While each recording has shown progression, "Unseen" contains the distilled essence of the previous releases while expanding the band’s sound beyond the confines of traditional Metal. "Unseen" is a virtual yin and yang of emotions that show the band’s versatility and their desire to create each song as a unique experience. Album presents ideas and sounds that at first seem incongruous, but with repeated listening, it slowly meshes into a cohesive unit of words, sounds and ideas. The underlying spiritual nature of the music makes it seem as if Steel Prophet is giving listeners a glimpse into something truly “unseen”!!
Digitally 24-Bit remastered re-edition on 24kt Gold CD!
Nuclear Blast GmbH/Metal Mind Productions, 2002/2009 (MASS CD 1290 DG). Made in Poland.


Tracklist:
1. Truth 4:45
2. Rainwalker 4:17
3. One Way Out 4:14
4. Shattered Apart 3:25
5. Among The Damned 5:33
6. Bolero 2:13
7. Mirror, Mirror, Life After Life 5:40
8. Magenta 3:54
9. Blackest Of Hearts 3:47
10. Martyred 5:04
11. Killer's Confession 6:43
12. Magenta (Reprise) 1:34
Total playing time: 51:09