Man With A Mission

"Having finally cemented its place in the upper echelon of the Christian metal scene, Sweden's Golden Resurrection shows no signs of letter its guard down. The group got off to a strong start in 2010 with the neo-classical power metal of its Liljegren Records debut Glory To My King and maintains the momentum by presenting with more of the same on its fall of 2011 Liljegren sophomore outing Man With A Mission. Now, do not be daunted by the "more of the same" suggestion in that Golden Resurrection, a joining of guitarist Tommy ReinXeed (formerly Johansson) and vocalist Christian Liljegren, have, for a lack of better words, written the textbook on how neo-classical metal should be performed. In other words, Man With A Mission is the way it is supposed to be done!
Imagine the best aspects of early Narnia (Awakening and Long Live The King) and Yngwie Malmsteen but joined with the symphonic, epic and melodic metal sensibilities of Divinefire, Theocracy and Rob Rock, respectively. Further mix in notable melodies, bombastic vocal arrangements, classically influenced keyboards, incessant double bass and virtuoso guitar work and it adds up to the neo-classical metal that is Golden Resurrection.
Man With A Mission comes with nine full length tracks (eight vocal and one instrumental) and a short introductory piece. Those downloading the album will be treated to bonus material in the form of covers from Gary Moore ("The End Of The World") and Kansas ("Point Of Know Return"). At this point it must be noted that one of the constructive comments I offered in my Glory To My King review is how it "is a bit short in featuring just eight full length songs". Not so with Man With A Mission in that it features eleven full length songs when factoring in the download material."
~ Angelic Warlord

Lineup

Christian Liljegren - Vocals
Tommy Johansson - Guitars/Keyboards/Orchestrations
Stefan Käck - Bass
Rickard Gustavsson - Drums
Kenneth Lillqvist - Keyboards