Prymary – The Enemy Inside

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Although seemingly spread across nine tracks, Prymary’s second album is is really just give, bookended by two huge epics. The first, the title track, is divided into five only-marginally distinct sections while the second, Trial And Tragedy, is a single twenty-minute track. The ground they cover, from a progressive music point of view, on some of the shorter songs, particularly Disillusion, is remarkable, but the tracks do sound a little too similar, despite all of the intricacies. The best riff is reserved for Edge of Discover, and some of the solos, again especially on Disillusion and The Enemy Inside (Part 1), which is an instrumental, are breathtaking, but Jackson Heskett’s slightly thin voice means the vocal parts are not as punchy as they should be, being as few and far between as they are at times, and although their closest similarity is certainly Fates Warning, there’s lack of power that leaves them in the shadow of the older band. The Enemy Inside is their most ambitious album so far, and to an great degree is a success, with just that little something missing that would make it an instant classic. If they continue to develop on their fourth album, that one should be flawless.

Written by Andy Lye
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