From humble beginnings, CIRCLE II CIRCLE has become a band that stands on its own. With the help of "Mountain King" Jon Oliva, Savatage guitarist Chris Caffery and a young and hungry band, the debut album "Watching In Silence" displayed a real true sense of the dramatic and the creative. Not denying where Zak's heart was at the time, it displayed a perfect mix of bombastic rock elements in the tradition of Savatage and a heavy metal element that was undeniable. With their second strike "The Middle Of Nowhere", the band continued to stay true to itself but tried to evolve its own identity, a process that was later fulfilled by "Burden Of Truth" in 2006.
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