Fourth ‘solo’ outing for Children of Bodom keyboardist Janne Warman. Strange to see a ‘band’ line-up photo without a singer, but Warmen continues to employ various guests (including COB guitarist/mainman Alexi Laiho on ‘High Heels On Cobblestone’ and countryman/Stratovarius/Cain’s Offering frontman Timo Kotipelto for ‘Eye Of The Storm’). Jonna Kosonen, she a frequent contributor on past Warmen discs and live shows, can be heard on a trio of songs.

Of the ten selections, two are instrumental and another pair of cover tunes (Journey’s disc closing ‘Separate Ways’ and Janet Jackson’s ‘Black Cat’, the euphoria of COB’s "Skeletons In The Closet" disc apparently contagious). After a typically blistering run to open the album, the voiceless title cut simmers to more restrained territory, occasionally bringing things back to a boil. Backed by a (thankfully minimally employed) staccato, futuristic keyboard pattern, the Kotipelto track is a mid-tempo affair that makes good use of his instantly recognizable talent. Speaking of modern sounds, the female fronted ‘Goodbye’ is a decidedly different sort of music. Only a brief blaze across the ivories serves notice this is something other than a band composition. ‘My Fallen Angel’ is a gritty rocker, most of the accent on guitar, while the synth taking on a less showy, more vintage (70s?) tone.

When Laiho joins the party, COB’s two creative forces decide to try their hand at Pantera style sludge, with a nod towards Lamb Of God, but with keyboards. ‘Switcheroo’, the other instrumental, jumps right into fleet fingered mode: pretty much 4:09 of speed, end-to-end (apart from drum fills). ‘Unconditional Confession’ a bona fide clunker, pedestrian in league of Phil Collins solo material or the plod of Blue Oyster Cult’s (hey, that’s COB backwards!) ‘Veteran Of The Psychic Wars’. Ouch! Serves to make the Journey finale all the more “metal”.

Stepping outside one’s normal realm, this marks a true representation of a solo effort.