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Agent Steel - Order of the Illuminati

Order Of The Illuminati - Album of the Year! - 100%

AgentofSteel, March 20th, 2004

Well, I loved their previous album, "Omega Conspiracy." When I got OFTI back in July, since then I have been playing it for about...130 times! It's just one fuckin' amazing album. Starts off with a guitar solo on ''Avenger'', and after that, you get this excellent epic, "Ten Fists of Nations", I don't see any Maiden-resemblance anywhere on this song, so some say there is. The ''bassy'' ''Earth Under Lucifer'' with a great chorus. The fast and aggressive, ''Enslaved''. ''Insurrection'' has a middle-eastern vibe to it, the song goes slow and when the 3:30 mark hits, all hell breaks loose! Next up is ''Apocalypse'', this song is just awesome. The riff and the vocals and the lyrics, wow. What a kick-ass verse! ''Forever Black'', based on the Philadelphia Experiment, it's another fast song. Just a great classic tune. Karlos Medina demonstrates the ''Dance of St. Vitus'' on the next track. ''Dead Eyes'' is a thrashy song. Very good. ''Kontrol'', hehe, the intro is taken from the tv show ''The Outer Limits'', a great instrumental. ''Human Bullet'' begins with a nice atmospheric-type of intro and then BOOM! *humming*...lol. It's more metal but less heavy. And the Japanese bonus track, ''Brainwashed''...oh man, I fell in love with this song. The riff and that little solo that goes along with that is just plain awesome. All solos on this song truly kick serious ass. Well, the point is that this whole album is filled with amazing guitar work and excellent solos. I haven't heard something this great since, ''Balls to the Wall''. The vocals are great, the drums are phenomenal. Half of the album is a concept based on the secretive group, the Illuminati. Nice lyrics. Just an amazing fuckin' album. A big 100!
*THE TRUTH IS NOT OUT THERE.........IT'S ON THIS ALBUM.''