Lion Music has signed a Spanish newcomer to the field of progressive metal, namely The Mystery Hall. Unlike some progressive metal bands, The Mystery Hall doesn't play for the sake of showing-off their skills... instead the band concentrates on composing music straight from the heart. The two most distinctive members of this band are the vocalist Rafael Morata and Tony Baena, latter being considered as a guitar hero). Musically this album is a blend of progressive and neo-classical metal with occasional hard rock influences mixed in as well.

Clocking over an hour, "The Voyager Through the Void" seems to suffer from its length... although long albums are preferable, especially when progressive music is at issue, I reckon some of the material easily could have been left out from this record. That way the music would have made even greater impression to the listener. Nonetheless, this album is quite good with regard to music... production, on the other hand, is another matter.

Production-wise this album leaves a lot to be desired... it's unfortunate that there's bothersome background distortion on almost every guitar section. Otherwise, the production isn't that "dead in the water". For example, the sounds are rather fitting (for the most part).

TMH's debut album is one of those albums that you might like if you're a fan of the genre, but in the end you still wish it had been honed a bit more. In case you can't tolerate distorted recordings, you'd better skip this release.

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- MAGE (August 29th, 2005)

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LINE-UP:
Baena, Tony: Guitars, Keyboards and Background Vocals Morata, Rafael: Vocals Nieto, Victor: Drums Forns, Albert: Bass
Producer:	Unavailable
Mixing by:	Baena, Tony & Forns, Albert
Mastering by:	Mattsson, Lars Eric

	TRACKLIST:
	01. Sudden Recall 02. In the Roar of Ecstasy 03. Pushed by the Waves 04. Underground 05. Like a Tumbleweed 06. A Brand New Day 07. Words and Stone 08. Quicksand Love 09. Disbelief (Set Me Free) 10. Lord and Master 11. Castaway of the SKies 12. Shambala (Instrumental) Length: 64:13