When I heard Pyramaze, I thought I'd heard Lance King at the absolute top of his game. I was wrong. Avian sees Lance at his best and since Lance likes to spread his majestic vocals to many bands so we'll see if he can top this. The music doesn't mean anything if the vocals can't deliver it and Lance does. Also featuring guitarist Yan Leviathan, keyboardist Jonah Weingarten, former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson and guest musicians David Small (drums) and Roger Moore as guitar soloist extraordinaire, Avian bleed the most beautiful power metal blood!

Like I previously mentioned, FROM THE DEPTHS OF TIME is somewhat futuristic, but it remains heavy with a lot of that being accredited to the drums and bass. Their sound runs across Hammerfall and Blind Guardian while "As the World Burns" has me thinking Iron Maiden meets Celtic Frost. It's hard to forget about David's time in Megaeth, especially with the opening bass line to "The Fear". It's vintage Ellefson. As brief as it is, "Across the Millions" is an awesome guitar instrumental with some brief keyboards in the background. It really makes you feel like you're in a race against the stars. With heavy melodies in hand, "Time and Space Part 1: City of Peace" comes ripping through in a most surprising manner. Although the song maintains it's cool, it freaks out in the middle with an up roaring guitar solo that owns.

A stripped down instrumental featuring an acoustic guitar piece is "Last Moon". It retains all the progress of the album and just floats through serenity calmly and collectively. This is an impeccable album through and through. Fantastic!