Ghost Circus is the perfect proof of that progressive rock is universal; two guys meet in an internet message board divided by an ocean; Ronald Wahle living in the Netherlands and Chris Brown living in Tennessee, USA.

This collaboration has resulted in two albums: 'Cycles' from 2006 and now the ambitious 'Across the Line', which is a concept album that lyrically follows one man's path from death to the hereafter; a ghost story from an unique perspective.

The melting pot of Ghost Circus has been filled with elements from classic progressive rock, AOR, metal and some classic alternative rock. The outcome is a good and diverse rock album, which has its ups and downs, mostly ups...

They go all the way with the albums epic: "Through the Light" where they really show what they are capable of musically as well technically. "Pathway", "Losing Time" and the title track is three other fine progressive songs, while songs like "To Be" and "Holding On" never really sparkles...

The two areas where I think they really need to improve: the production needs to be better, and I am not too impressed by Chris Brown's voice on the album. Those things need to be better to take this band beyond this point, but 'Across the Line' is not a bad album at all.