I have known LORD for some time through my personal acquaintances and common friends on Facebook, though I must admit that I have been lazy enough not to check them out, other than a few music videos of theirs, till this 3^rd EP of theirs "What Tomorrow Brings" released this June 26^th. The Aussie boys shock you with their progressive songwriting and still managing to sound old school.

The heart and body of the EP is the first title song, "What Tomorrow Brings", clocking 25 min, and the others are "bonus tracks that we added for extra value. The EP really is just the title track with some cool bonus tracks. (LT)" according to the band's Facebook page. It really takes balls to make a record like this with a single song clocking 25 min, and boy the song doesn't disappoint, as it packs enough melodies and epic style song writing keeping the listener engrossed.  I find it really hard to put in words the beauty the song brings to the table, as the riffs and the vocals really keep you engrossed. "Haunted" packs in more intensity and brings in BLOODSHOT DAWN styled riffs and still works great with the clean screaming vocals of Lord Tim. The EP album almost becomes a full-length album, largely due to the long first song, but does chug along just fine in songs like "Message In A Bottle" and "The Sun Always Shines On TV". "Message In A Bottle" is an ordinary song and pales a little compared to the other better songs here, as the low tempo instrumental styled song along with the vocals doesn't really excite me. "Playing To Win" brings a bit of Viking Metal styled song writing, as the riffs make you head bang instantly and the song packs a lot of emotional song structures within its 3 minutes. The album culminates with an epic riff madness of 4 minutes in "Someone's Crying", underlining the fact why these guys are so highly rated among the underground circuit for the crazy fast-paced guitar work. They play so fast as to make you feel like a school kid if you try to air-guitar to these songs!

All in all, with a fine production and a crazy 25 min song, "What Tomorrow Brings" does test your patience occasionally, but is a great journey to anyone willing to explore what Power Metal can offer in modern day. Digg this just for those insane riffs.<