When Jasun and Troy Tipton blesses the progressive metal community with new creations people stops up, listens and tries to take in the complexity, technical level and writing skills of the two. The line-up is completed by Mike Guy and new guy; Chris Salinas, who is now fully integrated in the bands sound on this, his second Zero Hour album.

And the sound wouldn't be so full and rich without Dino Alden, who has been an important part of their sound all the way. Their diverse and extremely technical style of progressive metal would not have been so impressive if it wasn't for the excellent sound Dino Alden has provided them with once more. Troy's bass guitar sound is crisp, up-front and straight in your face like on no other album I've ever heard - awesome.

'Dark Deceiver' is a little darker and more technical than their latest album 'Specs of Pictures Burnt Beyond', but they are never stepping out of the confines of their well defined soundscape. They continue with the very basic instrumentation, which they re-introduced on 'Specs', but it is often hard to believe the complexity they create with so few means.

'Dark Deceiver' takes time to precipitate, but once you've grown familiar with the creations you will discover another successful layer on the musical universe of Zero Hour.