Echoterra new CD

[Exploding Ned]

Interesting new band formed from members of Avian, Pyramaze and Therion.
Exploding Ned will be the exclusive seller of Echoterra's new CD and t-shirt. You can check out their songs at www.myspace.com/echoterra

ECHOTERRA was formed by Jonah W and Yan Leviathan in 2007. The duo spent most of 2007 and 2008 writing the songs for Echoterra's debut, The Law Of One. In 2008, Suvi Virtanen joined the band as the vocalist. The remainder of the line up was complete when Brian Hollenbeck joined on bass and vocals, and John Gensmer on drums. 2009 was spent mostly in the studio and the album was completed in the summer. The Law Of One will be released in North America via Blinding Force Recordings in the fall and will be available in Europe and the rest of the world late 2009/early 2010.

 

[eppst1]

Awesome!

 

[SeaStorm]

I just posted a review of this on Amazon and this is worthy of a bump:

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ECHOTERRA - THE LAW OF ONE

I'm really, really pleased with this entrant in the symphonic metal field! Great vocals, excellent guitar work, and some extremely killer keyboard work mark this release. Jonah W is a true talent on keyboards.

I suggest heading over to http://www.myspace.com/echoterra and checking out Manifest Eternity. That 2 minute track will give you a great introduction to what this album has in store for you!

I find that I don't skip any tracks when listening to this one, but these are my standout tracks:

Manifest Eternity: Brilliant intro piece to a symphonic metal album. By the end of this piece, my mind is completely ready for some symphonic metal majesty!

The Wind Surrounds You: This song is gorgeous. Beautiful keyboards, beautiful vocals, beautiful emotions! Huge "repeat" factor on this one when I listen to it.

To Live Again: Shows off singer Suvi's voice very nicely!

Say, Try, Lie, Die: Best song on the album!!!! This one grabs me by the chest right away, then grabs me by the throat about 12 seconds in and never lets go! Bassist Brian gets to pull half of the vocal duties on this one and his voice is well suited to this material. This is one of those very rare songs where I knew upon the first listen that I would love it, and I do. In fact, I find that track 8-10 usually get short-shrift from me, because once I hit this song, it is extremely difficult for me NOT to hit the "repeat" button. This is one of my favorite songs of 2009 in the power/prog/symphonic metal genre.

Water Falls: I particularly like the guitars on this track. While I often gravitate to the keyboard-driven songs, especially when listening to symphonic metal, this is one where I prefer it guitar-driven. Also well-suited to Suvi's vocals.

Say, Try, Lie, Die (Orchestral Version): This version of my favorite track is done in orchestral style: all keyboards and no guitars, with Suvi handling all of the vocals. While I prefer the hard-hitting version, I can TOTALLY see a lot of people preferring this version. I just personally think that the lyrics lend themselves best to the heavy treatment [insert metal horns here], as beautiful as this one sounds.

Long live metal!

Seastorm

 

[Exploding Ned]

Yeah the album is not bad at all, not necessarily covering alot of new territory, but still solid.

 

[Sir Exar Kun]

I've had this in the player the last couple of days. Songwriting is pretty good (similar to Leaves' Eyes, would be the closest comparison I can make), but the mix on the vocals sounds just a bit muddy to me. Suvi's voice just doesn't shine like it should, somehow....

The keys definitely stand out as the strong point in the band (which surprised me, knowing Yan was on guitars!), and really add the symphonic / folk metal touches to the whole package. I had expected (not knowing anything about the band other than the line-up) more of a melodic power metal outfit ala Avian (who I LOVE).

Pretty good stuff, for what it is.

 

[Cheiron]

Well Jonah (Pyramaze, and others) is quite a good pianist.

 

[SeaStorm]

BTW, they just uploaded my favorite song - Say, Try, Lie, Die - to their myspace page, so that's now definitely the tune I suggest checking out the most!

http://www.myspace.com/echoterra