Fans who appreciate great musicianship and catchy hooks will love this. Richard Ofsoski is a very talented guitarist from Brisbane Australia and fans of Royal Hunt will adore this release. Check his Myspace also!!
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liked your older stuff better, this is still good. but your voice is different. dont forget the old songs you did they were powerful. keep it up good to see you doing what you love.
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The good Richard Ofsoski comes from Brisbane, Australia, and because own pressures from the land of Crocodile 
Dundee are the rule also in our globalized world not yet, Here I have accessed sometimes curiously. 
Just 40 minutes later I can state that it has been worthwhile. Very good neoclassical Heavy Metal which 
the good man has played completely alone with only the songs "Termination" and "Faded Memory" 
if a certain Joey Tsai reached to the mike, 
which would not have been necessary at all because Mr. Ofsoski has a good voice ranging from 
melodic to raunchy. Influences are plenty , definitely the majority of tracks contain influences from various 
classical eras, heroes like Handel, Bach and Beethoven and the one and only Yngwie Malmsteen, 
the Godfather of all finger-board speedsters, Nevertheless at the same time you can also hear similarities to STRATOVARIUS 
and SONATA ARCTICA 
Now before now you or other readers drop the notebook like 
a toxic queue and Sagrotan about the styluses pours, allows to be said to You is sent that one 
avoids, this child birthday factor often to be heard with abovementioned chapels cleverly to 
circumnavigate. Indeed, there is nothing here that is really new and not every second of this CD lashes out 
at me from the socks 
(Worried Sheep “ is even a quite bad progressive instrumental Frickelstück, 
but it is the only weakness), Regardless all said this has still been a great listen. 
Richard Ofsoski is exceedingly gifted composer and musician, and any fan of the heavy metal/Power Metal 
should look out for and give it a go . If you do not believe me, trusts to your ears and check it out at
www. myspace. com/ofsoski. There one can get a good deal for 17 
Australian dollars including shipping and handling , this works out to about 11 euros. 
A professionally packaged CD indeed well worth it.
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When I first reviewed Ofsoski’s promo tracks, I then stated that the scene welcomed a creative multi-instrumentalist. When I listened to his debut album, I can now strongly support the opinion that Richard is indeed a gifted man! Ten tracks of Neo-classical / Symphonic Metal filled with well-crafted melodies and intense feelings rule the album which really is labeled as "high-quality". In my previous review, I expressed my admiration to the wonderful song titled “Flame”. Now, along with “Flame”, I was surprised from another hymn which will be greatly received from every Neo-classical Metal aficionado! “Quest” is definitely once again one of the greatest songs composed this year in the genre and believe me, you don’t have to be a wise man of music to compose it; what is needed is inspiration and passion for what you do. Well, Richard combines both. From the sharp and melodic riffs he composes to his harsh and melodic voice, it clear that he must form a band in order to perform his songs with an overall better sound and of course get the distribution and attention he deserves. “Later Than Never” is an album destined to establish Richard’s fame and I believe that his next step will feature full-time members in his band. Highly recommended release! 

Dimitris Starakis
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