Lazarus

LAZARUS was once hailed as "one of the quintessential metal bands of our time" by Kerrang! The staff at Germany's Heavy magazine voted them one of 2007's best unsigned bands and metalexpressradio.com said their 2007 debut, Episode One, "could have easily been sandwiched between Queensrÿche's The Warning and Saxon's Innocence Is No Excuse." Their music garnered the attention of international publications and webzines such as Metal to Infinity, Metal Invader, Sacred Metal, Hard Rocker, Metal Temple and Metal2Metal, all of whom put the band on par with the likes of Iron Maiden, Fates Warning, Dream Theater and Kamelot. Here's what people were saying:
".a must-buy for every fan of classic heavy metal."
Themistoklis Moysidis @ www.metal-invader.com
"'Glass World' justifies the term Progressive in all its grandeur." Dimitris K. @ www.metal-temple.com.
"It is astonishing how sovereignly and professionally the vassals around lead singer Glenn DaGrossa follow in the tracks of the NWOBHM without sounding like a clone even for one second." Metal Crusade - Vol. XV
"this band is going to emerge from the masses."
www.metaltoinfinity.tk
"…the six-track Episode One is a feast for the ears…"
Heavy – Dungeon of Steel.
"…they play a style of music that would have fit perfectly into the NWOBHM at its peak…"
www.powermetal.de.
"This is metal/rock for a big audience if you ask me…"
www.mariosmetalmania.com.
"Their music is NWOBHM-nostalgic without feeling outdated: these guys are way too good to lack a record deal." www.metal-observer.com
Led by vocalist Glenn DaGrossa, LAZARUS was the New York-based power metal band that burst onto the scene in 2007 with Episode One, a self-financed, independently released, six-song CD that muscled its way into the upper echelon of metal's hierarchy on the sole merits of song craftsmanship and musicianship.
Lazarus has risen. Consider this your precursor to the next chapter of metal.