Band:	Perpetual Dreams
Album:	Eyes Of Infinite
Style:	Heavy metal
Release date:	2003
A review by:	Undercraft

01. Eyes Of Tomorrow
02. To Live Forever
03. Shadows And Lies
04. Gypsy Ride
05. Escape In Dm
06. Dark Way
07. Run Away
08. Lords Of War
09. Paradise
10. Infinite

Another Brazilian band that releases their stuff thru Hellion Records Brazil, one of the biggest labels South America have. This time the Perpetual Dreams have a shot to achieve greatness, I'm just hoping they don't rely much on looks to do it, because, we have trouble then.

For starters, the artwork is awful, the whole layout is poor and full of clichés, the Cd also has a multimedia section, which is also very unattractive. In the menu of the multimedia section (done in Macromedia Flash), there's a thunder sound effect every time you click on an option, Biography Rhaaaaam! the thunder, Wallpapers Rhaaaam! the thunder, Images Rhaaaaam! the thunder, it can get very annoying if you know what I mean.

Musically, Perpetual Dreams is a Power Metal combo with a lot of Classical Heavy Metal influences, a lot of neoclassical influences á la Yngwie Malmsteen can be noticed easily. The music is mostly catchy and fast tunes that will stick in your head instantly.
The best asset of this album is, the guitars of course, main axeman Deny R. Bonfante handles exquisitely the guitar work, electric and acoustic. The solos are mostly neoclassic, involving intricate passages that reminded me of Yngwie Malmsteen.

At first I was going to give this record a low grade, because I heard this before like 10 years ago, but after you give this a couple of listens, you find that is quite enjoyable, the guitar riffs combined with the keyboards and the more than ok vocals makes of this a pleasant experience.

Please give this band an opportunity to show you what they got under their hands, and listen to the excellent guitar work, you'll be impressed after a few spins. I'm not saying that this album is the best of the year, but is damn enjoyable.