I like the honesty and cander behind the lyrics and story on the Babylon Mystery Orchestra releases. The overall recording and production is excellent and the packaging rivals a major label release with lyrics and biblical passages to guide you through the story. The music as a whole has a definate Goth feel to it with some classic metal thrown in for good measure.

I am not aware of many bands and musicians (well, I think that in this case the word musician is inappropriate and the word artist should replace it since it is more suitable) that have REALLY something to say, artists that take this great opportunity and make their music the foundation on which they build and explore worlds, feelings or ideas. Such a thing requires many things... imagination, inspiration, being blessed by nature with talent, having the "magic touch" and like Midas' turning everything into gold, but above all it needs guts. What if you have all needed, but you don't have the strength and guts to tell or do it? Well, Babylon Mystery Orchestra which are personified through Sidney Allen Johnson is a band that ought to be recognized. Do yourselves a favor to enrich your taste and broaden your horizons with this magnificent masterpiece! I don't think any of you will say that I might be exaggerating as long as you keep an open mind. Accepting something that is out of the ordinary and realizing its true beauty is not always an easy task to accomplish, cause you have to foresee and understand the depth of it. Babylon Mystery Orchestra belong to this category. Their music is original, special and unique. It's extraordinary beautiful in its melancholy, gorgeous in its conception, it has multi leveled messages, it's colorful with superb soundscapes and it's eloquent. I don't think that any of you have listened to this far anything close to this music. Of course you will listen to some TIAMAT and SISTERS OF MERCY touches and you will actually hear a kind of music that is the marriage between heavy metal and gothic and yet it's more than that, a lot more! The concept is beautiful and no one has ever touched a similar subject before! Talking about the origin of music through a biblical point of view and perception is extremely intriguing! Those who are aware of the books of Enoch, the dead sea scrolls can figure out the importance, seriousness and beauty of the concept! After all we shouldn't forget that Lucifer was God's favorite angel and he was the angel of light and music... The production is very good, serving to elevate the compositions and the artwork is amazing and simply gorgeous. A majestic, enchanting and extremely clever release that no one should miss. After this journey is over, we will all come out of it wiser...

Weighty concept, even weightier music. Reminiscent of a shotgun marraige between Sepultura and Aldo Nova, albeit on a methadone drip. My only complaint was that the tune 'Violation' was not a remake of the title track of Kiss-clone Starz' sophomore effort. Good and thick, keep on rockin...

Babylon Mystery Orchestra take the sound of the first CD even farther on this one. There really is nothing that compares to this music. The lyrics are powerfully projected with very impressive vocals. Very heavy sounding. A very epic sounding work. Highly recommended.