Silent Voices - Finnish Progmetal
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Marre79
Metal,& only Metal
Yep it's quite good band. I think they sound too much DT, but at least the first album was good, I liked it. The new that came just recently I haven't heard yet.
Cheers!
Marre
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Marre
Silent Voices - Infernal
points: 9-/10
I didn't wait invain for "Infernal" to be the best recording of Silent
Voices. This outfit from Kokkola (Finland) has given up a bit in the
progressive area, but on the other hand has rewardingly made better
arrangements and vocals and before all, the album is the most heviest,
most agressive and because of managing to write such good choruses in
every song, the most catchiest recording of their career.
The album starts, not more or less, but with the best song they have
ever written. "End Of Days" has all the elements that the band is known
from - outstanding playing and interesting hooks, but now for the first
time, SV has managed to produce a killer chorus, that fits the song
perfectly and what's best - doesn't leave the listener alone.
The album continues with an agressive single release, "On The Wings Of
Rage", that inspite of the killerhook, resembles Symphony X in such a
way that one could even call it powermetal. More of the infernally
crushing riffs, melodic choruses and quest backingvocals by Pasi
Rantanen of Thunderstone follows.
Comparing to their past recordings, the new album is full of great
choruses, leaving the listener in awe. Infernal's material range from
Pantera style heavyness to the Dream Theaterish technicality and goes
through different musical landscapes with style.
Before the monumental ending comes a strong pianoprelude, "The Spirit Of
Avalon". Towards the ending and the epicsong, "Avalon", one can only
admire the bands musicianship, with Henneken's use of voice, that has
once again taken a step forward and Timo Kauppinen's bonecrushing riffs
and stylish soloing. At the finale, before the breath-taking journey
ends, the band beautifully returns to the theme of the first song, "End
Of Days".
It takes a bit of time before one understands the coplexity and deepness
of the album, but that time is so well spent, that I warmly recommend it
to other friends of melodic- and progressivemetal.
Mape Ollila, Imperiumi Metalmagazine, 31.07.2004
points: 9-/10
I didn't wait invain for "Infernal" to be the best recording of Silent
Voices. This outfit from Kokkola (Finland) has given up a bit in the
progressive area, but on the other hand has rewardingly made better
arrangements and vocals and before all, the album is the most heviest,
most agressive and because of managing to write such good choruses in
every song, the most catchiest recording of their career.
The album starts, not more or less, but with the best song they have
ever written. "End Of Days" has all the elements that the band is known
from - outstanding playing and interesting hooks, but now for the first
time, SV has managed to produce a killer chorus, that fits the song
perfectly and what's best - doesn't leave the listener alone.
The album continues with an agressive single release, "On The Wings Of
Rage", that inspite of the killerhook, resembles Symphony X in such a
way that one could even call it powermetal. More of the infernally
crushing riffs, melodic choruses and quest backingvocals by Pasi
Rantanen of Thunderstone follows.
Comparing to their past recordings, the new album is full of great
choruses, leaving the listener in awe. Infernal's material range from
Pantera style heavyness to the Dream Theaterish technicality and goes
through different musical landscapes with style.
Before the monumental ending comes a strong pianoprelude, "The Spirit Of
Avalon". Towards the ending and the epicsong, "Avalon", one can only
admire the bands musicianship, with Henneken's use of voice, that has
once again taken a step forward and Timo Kauppinen's bonecrushing riffs
and stylish soloing. At the finale, before the breath-taking journey
ends, the band beautifully returns to the theme of the first song, "End
Of Days".
It takes a bit of time before one understands the coplexity and deepness
of the album, but that time is so well spent, that I warmly recommend it
to other friends of melodic- and progressivemetal.
Mape Ollila, Imperiumi Metalmagazine, 31.07.2004
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