It is quite obvious by reading the credits, that this disc was certainly a PROJECT as the title suggests. It appears that Lorenzo Deho, founder and creative mind behind Time Machine, had a vision, and surrounded himself with some musicians, and set out to release the first Time Machine disc. Other instruments were played by a variety of musicians listed in the credits, but three of those listed above seem to be the “core” of the band at that time. When I first heard Time Machine back in 1994, I immediately thought to myself, “sounds like Rush influenced," but I was quickly corrected, as the disc played on. I could not think of a band that sounded like this, and wanted to know more. The production is not that good here, but to the progressive ear, it was easy to hear that something special was going on with this band musically. They were not heavy as far as metal goes, but the guitar sound was unmistakably metal in its style. The music was made up of many time changes, tempo changes, and full of eerie atmosphere as created by the keyboards. The songs were listed in chapters, which I found to be interesting, and there are a lot of references to religion throughout the disc. The music is split up in sound between the vocals, guitars and keyboards; no one single instrument dominates the sound. It is a cohesive unit, one that tells a story, not one that is meant to be shown off or displayed. The music is melodic, dark, atmospheric, and requires reading of the lyrics to fully understand and appreciate what this band is all about. The disc will not win any awards for musicianship or sound, but it a true progressive metal was born with the release of this disc.