Anyway, the second album of the Americans surprisingly starts out with an intro, a really rare thing... Among the most important positions of an album is the first song, because it is responsible for the first impression of a CD and with "Final Solution", CAGE already have won, because this up-tempo-cracker is Melodic/Power Metal of highest degree. Add to that Sean Peck's awesome vocals and you have to view this track as a pearl of the genre, without doubt.

The second absolute highlight is exactly on the other end of the CD and is titled "The Astrologicon", a varied track that really leaves nothing to be desired anymore, covering all the different facets of the CAGE-sound.

But the tracks in between are not far behind. You can find all the ingredients this genre has to offer, from slow-paced, almost balladesque songs ("Souls And Flesh") that also rise in cadence and tempo in the middle ("Vandalize") over more or less aggressive mid-tempo ("Psychoticaly Deranged", "The Trigger Effect") up to speedy crackers ("Echelon", great riff, "Fountain Of Youth").

So who likes to put some timeless steel into his player, should try out CAGE, your ears will thank you!