... Fazit: Das Album groovt mächtig ab! Im Stile von Satriani, Gary Moore, Steve Vai und Michael Schenker, hat Burke bewiesen, dass er im Olymp der ganz großen Virtuosen am Sechssaiter anzusiedeln ist. ...

Auszug aus: www.Rocktimes.de

...“Into My Arena” is heavily recommended for fans of Jason Becker, Joe Satriani, Sergey Atroschenko (ZEROKARMA), Joe Stump and other guitar heroes with awesome song writing skills. On a last note it’s also worth to mention that acclaimed musicians like Jeff Kollmann (GLENN HUGES band, solo), Marco Sfogli (JAMES LABRIE band), Charlie Dominici (DOMINICI,ex-DREAM THEATER) and Uli Kusch (HELLOWEEN, MASTERPLAN, BEAUTIFUL SIN..) already have praised Into my Arena...

Auszug aus: www.northernmetal.info

... Raimund´s playing is overall very passionate, full of ever-blooming creativity, he is intense and able to switch from a tight shredding style to more mellow and sensitive sections, allowing himself enough space to keep the songs breathing all the time as they progress. The title track, "Into My Arena", is over 9-minutes long, an epic musical journey (and my personal fave track off the album, too) that actually includes all these little ingredients of what his music is made of. ...

Auszug aus: www.metal-rules.com

... Vous l’aurez compris, un album comme « Into my Arena » est très clairement « la crème de la crème » du Métal instrumental. L’heure d’écoute se fait d’un seul trait et le teuton, pourtant assez modeste, nous offre quelque chose qui est de l’ordre du chef d’œuvre...

Auszug aus: www.pavillon666.fr