Sixth studio effort for the American power-progsters. I've been following the band since its third album, the monumental "Divine Wings of Tragedy", and although every release was in high standards, I never thought that it would surpass the aforementioned album. Luckily I was wrong! Their new release is an astonishing, complete masterpiece of pure prog-power metal! The band stepping with one foot on the US power stage and with the other one on US prog genre has evolved its own music style, characterised by sharp, penetrating riffing, melodic keyboards and a rhythm section solid as reinforced concrete! In "The Odyssey" this style is even more evolved and the band shows all its qualities. Furious prog metal anthems, with definite structure, which allow even the most unexperienced listener to follow their ideas. Stormy parts are mixed with lyrical, melodic ones creating an enchanting whole. The highlight is of course the last song "The Odyssey" with its 24 minutes of duration, where the band gives lessons how this music should be played. Fans of the group must already have this album...as for the others do your selves a favor and go listen to it.