Waiting 22 years for Kai Hansen and Michael Kiske to get back together in some form or another is like waiting for the Orioles to make the playoffs, but the first finally happened as the ex-Helloween members put out a new band and disc simply called Unisonic. Recruiting Mandy Meyer, Dennis Ward, and Kosta Zafiriou also was pure genius, and now it's an all-star band. Very melodic and very heavy guitar oriented at times, Kiske and Hansen haven't lost one beat giving you 11 tracks of perfect metal. My Sanctuary, the first single, flows like something off of Pink Bubbles Go Ape, Kiske's last Helloween album and most underrated. Hansen just rips on the title track Unisonic and complements well with ex-Asia guitarist Meyer. The US bonus track I Want Out is a classic in the metal world and is performed here live once again by the original writers like it was yesterday. It's real simple. Find this album now. You won't regret it.

The band "XFACTOR1" formed in 2005 with the intention of bringing decadence, intensity and the true meaning of music back to a rock and roll metal scene that was sounding pretty tame, and had the lost the connection to the people that matter the most, their fans (Facebook) "XFACTOR1s'" dynamic range of musical sound spans from their current radio hit "Bring it on" - an aggressive anthem, a statement of not giving up, to their ballad "Miss Me Now". The band shows diversity in sound and style, FAMOUS.LAST.WORDs, is the name of the CD but you will be hearing more from XFACTOR1.

Fight From Within starts out heavy with the band's single, "Sorry to Say," which is a great stand-out song with very catchy lyrics and guitar that leads listeners to believe that Everything Falls has something distinct to bring to the table. Sadly, it turns out that "Sorry to Say" is the only great song on the EP, and listeners learn that Everything Falls, with Aaron Linkous (lead vocals and guitar), Mike Smith (bass), Gabe Goodin (lead guitar), and Jeff Sauber (drums), is unfortunately just another radio rock-type band with a very generic sound. After the first track, the EP slows down more and more with each song, and the music begins to sound more like some of the softer material by your average radio rock bands like Shinedown, 3 Doors Down, Trapt, Creed, and Nickelback. Everything Falls' sound isn't bad, and there are people who might really enjoy listening to Fight From Within because of its similarity to some of the bands mentioned above. However, there just isn't anything unique about it; the fact that Everything Falls sounds like a hundred other bands played on the radio every day won't help them get ahead in the music industry, which is just too competitive for unexceptional sounding rock music of this kind.

Alright, I'm listening to this CD as I'm writing this review, and I have to admit it reminds me of most of the screaming/singing you hear from any other band. I like this CD, but the band needs a new style instead of sounding like every other band out there. They sound like All that remains and Asking Alexandria had a kid. Other than that, I really enjoyed this CD. Track 10, self disclosure sounds a bit like a hymn possibly. It was a very good cd, except maybe these guys should get a new kind of style with the way they play. I would recommend this to anyone who likes playing their music loud and whoever likes the bands I earlier mentioned.