For proof that from great suffering comes great art, look no further than INTO ETERNITY founding guitarist/songwriter Tim Roth. The Incurable Tragedy is a concept album inspired by the deaths of Roth's two brothers and father to cancer during 2006-2007.

Echoes Of Eternity are not your typical gothic metal band. They do have a female lead singer, but their music has a harder edge than most bands in this genre. The group has members from the U.S., Canada and Japan, and this is their debut album. The Forgotten Goddess blends traditional heavy metal grooves and riffs with progressive and gothic elements. It has all the crunch and intensity of mainsteam metal, but the vocals add a whole new perspective and twist to the music. Francine Boucher is the band's singer, and her vocals are sometimes traditional and blend in with the music. Other times they are ethereal and higher pitched, giving the song a completely different vibe. There's a lot of diversity on this CD, from aggressive and heavy songs to slow, dreamy ballads. Echoes Of Eternity are technically very skilled and the songs are arranged very well. It's a promising debut, and with a few more memorable hooks and catchy choruses it could have been even better.---Chad Bowar

UK remastered reissue of the sunshine pop favorites 1969 album, Packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Rev-Olla. 2005.