Goodbye Utopia--RealAudio

There are some very Dokken-like vocal tendencies and melodies to be found here, and Jeff Pilson actually sounds a good bit like Don Dokken at times, in fact. The music is sassy in places (for lack of a better word), but still very distorted and vibrant. In making comparisons, it's not as heavy as Lynch Mob, and not as compact as the '80s Dokken material. But this is a refreshing, consistent release, finding its own niche in many ways.
The crawling, creeping drive of "Breath & a Scream" opens the album, with "Beast in the Box" having a contagious chorus and rhythm.
"Goodbye Utopia" has an excellent bump and sway, with all of "Vaccine," "Zero the End," "The Evil That You Are," and "Inner View" making their marks.

TRACK LIST: Breath & a Scream/Beast in the Box/When You Bleed/Vaccine/Ever Higher/Zero the End/The Evil That You Are/Awaken/Cromanic/Goodbye Utopia/Inner View/Closer to None