Band:	Daedalus
Album:	Leading Far From A Mistake
Style:	Progressive metal
Release date:	2003

01. Darkness
02. Masquerade
03. Time
04. Rem 8
05. Leading Far From A Mistake
06. New 64
07. Raining
08. Flowers On Icarus' Tomb

Daedalus was, according to some well-known myths, an inventor. He was the man behind the minotaur's labyrinth, as well as the father of Icarus, that you should know about.

So, when you're recieving a CD coming from a band called Daedalus, you're entitled to think that it's about creative music, as well as complex music. This thought seemed even more true as you read the band's bio, describing themselves as an Experimental Progressive act... will you get lost inside the labyrinth... Dare to step in, I'll be your guide.

Once you've made your way to the entrance, you won't be able to come back: it's damn too addictive, at least for a progressive (metal) fan.
The intro shows the main points of their music: it's easy to listen but musically complete, with some good riffs with lots of notes, especially with the bass (as opposed to long lasting electric chords). Why having chosen "Darkness" as a title fr this intro... well it's not so dark, but... why not.
Then let's go a step ahead to get to the core of this album: "Masquerade". Beginning with a "futurish" riff played by the keyboardist, slowly invaded by powerful chords and then this typical bass playing many notes (your ears won't have any trouble searching for the bass - the production has been well done).
And then, the vocals... oh yeah, quite perfect! "Quite" mainly because of the fact it always reminds me of another band: in this first track, it immediatly made me think of Adagio, in the second song, a bit of Dream Theater and Iron Maiden, in the fifth track, the title track "Leading Far From A Mistake", my first thought was that it was vocaly very Stratovarius-influenced...
Well, at least, they're good vocals, not so emotional but well sung, except on "Raining": it sounds very different, in the rhythm of the words, and even in the recording of it, very strange, but well, it adds even more variety. It must be due to the fact these lyrics are the only one in the ablum that the keyboardist has written.
I would say I prefer the first singer though there aren't big differences, maybe in the way the vocals were recorded, but it's not even sure...
The other tracks are instrumentals, and the last one "Flowers On Icarus' Tomb" can be considered as an outro, a 2 minute track on piano. The general way the album sounds appears like a mix of Dream Theater's Images & Words (with some soft passages, and some others like the decadent passage in Metropolis pt1) and Symphony X guitars from time to time. But everything is not so "metal-focused", but it's pleasant, not revolutionnary but quite fresh to the ears. Even the solos: you could think that being prog implies doing lots of solos everywhere, but no, here it's not about it.
The main (and only?) problem I could list regarding the music may be that the end of the songs are not as worked out as the intros can be.

Oh... it's the end of the trip, we finally get out... now, tell your friends about this band and be their guides! I really urge you to check this band out if you're interested in progressive metal... if not, you may don't care, but if you have a chance to see this album somewhere in a store, or whatever it is, give it a try, you will have a quite interesting and representative band from the genre.
This album was such a good surprise, even though it was said in the band's name: Daedalus, a creative guy, talented, and... probably a cool guy! I can't wait for their next opus.