TRACKLISTING:
1. The Stolen Eye (1:16)
2. Ancient Lies (5:13)
3. Incognito (7:24)
4. Just a Dream (5:30)
5. The Stranger Within (10:50)
6. Logan (4:23)
7. Open To Attack (7:17)
8. Point Of View (4:00)
9. Dare To Fly (8:34)

BONUS TRACK
10. Distant Early Warning (4:52)

Imagine if you will, a cross between Queensryche and Yngwie Malmsteen and this is the sort of thing that Poverty's... sound is like. I like this, everyhting about it. The music is so tight and so precise that it would take a surgical scalpel the size of the QE2 to cut through.

Once In A Million opens with a haunting little melody ' The Stolen Eye' which is the perfect intro to 'Ancient Lies'. There's a definite European sound to this particular track, it's very Helloween in places, with it's little rolling guitar and drum parts quickly turning into a chug fest then back to the little rolling parts.

I'm on my third dose at the moemnt and just cannot get enough. 'Incognito' begins a litle slowly then builds into quite a monster of a track, but not as much a monster as the 5th track, 'The Stranger' which weighs in at a tad under 11 minutes.

There's lots of twiddly little guitar parts to keep the listener occupied and you'll find as I did, the more you listen to this CD the more you' ll hear. The musicians are all very competent and complimented by a vocalist that really suits the style of play. Hats off to all concerned and lets hope that they venture to these shores for a few gigs.

No one particular track stands out on this disc as they all warrant equal priase, but if I were to chosse a favourite I think I'd have to go for 'Just A Dream', in places sounding a little too much like Sabbath's 'eternal Idol', but hey who cares.

Keep up the good work.

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Review by Chris Wheeler