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Full-Spectrum Rock?n?Roll Experience

Cirese Summerrose | Seattle, WA USA | 02/20/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Listening to Warrior's Path is like listening to a Rock'n'Roll prism---each song is a splash of color in the musical continuum. Songwriter/Lyricist/Singer/Genius Mark Protus first hits us with his Velvet Hammer and we can't help but like the exquisite "La Petite Morte" or Little Death. We are next splashed with Good Enough and weigh ourselves on the scale of self-doubt; a scale we're all familiar with. Following in our palette is the rapid All in a Moment---a snap-shot song set to a beating heart describing the almost-gone feeling of the perfect instant we wish to savor again and again. Everything I Need is the ideal balancing act between a Rock'n'Roll Ballad and Love Song with a Country Twist. Warrior's Dream is a whispered conference all about that, falling right into the hypnotic Blow You a Kiss---probably the most commercially appealing cut on the CD. Although outwardly mesmerizing with an up beat, Anybody Else? has moving lyrics of self-exile, trust issues and asks the question "How did I get this way?" Red is the color of blood, but even when the wounds heal, My Body Knows. In this rhythmic song the wages of war aren't always obvious---but they are telling. With The World is Melting, tucked between some heavy guitar we see some fresh green or something the Spanish call "Esperanza" or "Hopeless Hope". In a world going to hell there is something to live for. Warrior's Path can only be described as a Full-Spectrum Rock'n'Roll Experience."