by Steve Huey

Technically demanding, high-velocity progressive metal with abrupt, stop-start time changes and an elegantly Gothic, neo-classical tinge to some guitar lines -- this is the stuff of Manifesto for Futurism, the debut album from Dali's Dilemma. Fates Warning, Queensryche, Dream Theater, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Metallica are all obvious reference points, but then, so are classic rockers like Deep Purple, Rainbow, and Rush.