Entrance - Entrance (1999)

Chilean band ENTRANCE was formed in 1997 as a hard rock band with artsy leanings, meaning, open to the introduction of symphonic prog elements into their musical ideas and arrangements; eventually, this said factor helped them to stand quite close to the standards of melodic prog metal (not unlike early DREAM THEATER and VANDEN PLAS).

Their namesake debut album was originally released in 1999. The rhythm section's aggressive approach and Morice's ballsy tenor timber ensured that the band would stay firmly on the realms of moderately complex hard rock. Pilnik's guitar refined leads and sensitive riffs allowed ENTRANCE's music to explore its own progressive potential a bit further, but definitely, Rosas was the most genuinely prog-minded man in the band: his keyboards orchestrations, soloing and harmonic bases were closer to the legacy of WAKEMAN and EMERSON than to the common path of 90's prog metal keyboardists. The most progressive numbers are those in which ROSAS's keyboard input dominates the overall sound. ~progarchives.com