James Labrie - Static Impulse CD (album) cover   James Labrie
Progressive Metal  3.52 | 83 ratings  From Progarchives.com, the
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Symphonic Team 3 stars James Labrie's solo album is a
surprisingly heavy album, perhaps heavier than Dream Theater at
times, due to very coarse gravelly death metal vocals by Matt,
scattered in places. Labrie sings exactly as Dream Theater fans
have heard him over the years and he is joined by those death
growls in tracks such as Mislead, and One More Time, Jekyll and
Hyde. The metal is melodic and fast with the traditional
galloping riff, the lead breaks are well executed, and the
rhythmic drum patterns are standard metal. It is very standard,
each track sounding similar, not as complex or intricate as a
Dream Theater album but it allows Labrie to let loose with all
guns blazing.  Each track is a raucous blaster until we get to
the ballads such as the heartfelt sorrowful Coming Home (not a
Scorpions cover). There are som