Hard Rock/Metal - Female fronted

Original 2000 - Selfproduced

Near mint condition

Credits:

Chris Rifkin - guitars, keyboards, synths and programming
Leann Serao - vocals
Mickey James - 5-String Fretless Bass
Mike Piccolomini - bass
Scott Mosher - bass & outro solo on "Eye of the Storm"
Rowland Expeefifty: drums and percussion

Tracks:

1. Dawn Of A New Age
2. You Don't Know Me
3. Inspired Kingdom
4. The Silence
5. Come Into The Light
6. It's All In Your Mind
7. The Coming
8. Eye Of The Storm
9. New Millennium (Chapter 2)
10.You Don't Know Me (radio Edit)

Dawn of a New Age is a surprising and highly enjoyable first release from this duo!

Chris Rifkin, the man behind the initial impetus of the project, handles all the instrumentation, ranging from guitar to keyboards and drum programming. According to the band's website, Rifkin discovered vocalist Leanne Serao singing along to her radio at her work and thus, the creative union was forged. Much of F5's music is a bit of a juxtaposition of trancelike, serene, drawn-out keyboard waves layered with crunchy, rhythmic and heavy guitars. Over all of this floats Serao's soothing, airy voice. Some of the material reminds me slightly of latter-day Hawkwind ambience, while at other times the backdrop reminds of the same approach Love Spirals Downwards used on 1998's Flux. The guitars constantly provide a healthy amount of grit and crunch using staccatto rhythms that seemed to often be associated with Fear Factory. However, unlike Fear Factory, Rifkin is not afraid to have leads and solos as well.