rush by tor and the snow dog the necromanceer

It's not always the most well written Rush, and certain members still struggle with differentiating between times to be subtle and times to show off, but Caress Of Steel is joyously nerdy Dungeons & Dragons prog rock mixed with phenomenal playing by all, epic yell-singing by Geddy, and heavy metallic guitar tones by Alex.Ī solid majority of the time this album gets it right. There's no mistaking which band you are listening to.

While there are still a few moments of blatant Yes worship (including 'The Battle' section of 'The Necromancer' which sounds like the beginning to 'Heart Of The Sunrise' from Fragile) overall this album finally contains a unique Rush sound pretty much throughout. It takes the more unique Rush sound which emerged on Fly By Night in tunes like 'Anthem', 'By-Tor.' and 'Fly By Night' and expands on it whilst shedding the leftover hard rock sound from the band's debut.

It's a lot like the former in that it contains uneven song quality, and a lot like the later (except in reverse order) with a run of short songs followed by long epics. Caress Of Steel is the logical step from Fly By Night to 2112.

Rush by tor and the snow dog the necromanceer