Reviews
\r\nThe name Michael Vescera is well known to many of you. Those of you who are not familiar with it I am sure that you have heard his voice on releases of Malmsteen, Obsession , Loudness as well as on some guest appearances of other artists Projects. This is his first personal album and is a fine example of how melodic metal should be played!
\r\nFirst album for the French band IBOGAINE which combines Thrash, old school thrash metal to be more accurate and hardcore with some progressive passages. Aggressive vocals, fast riffing, rhythms that change and change; those are the main points that I liked the most during listening to the album, even though “React” belongs to those ones that take a lot of hearings in order to get the picture.
Honeymoon Suite is a band not so well known, but with many years of experience, since it was founded back in 1982!!! Highlights of their carrier, could be considered, their supporting acts for Billy Idol, Jethro Tull and Bryan Adams, among others, during 1984, and for Heart, ZZ Top, Journey and Starship during 1986. Other achievements would be, their music’s appearance in some soundtracks and famous tv series, such as Miami Vice and Lethal Weapon. In 2007 founding members Johnnie Dee and Derry Grehan, reformed the band, with the original line up.
\r\n“I hope you don’t fear
\r\nNeither do I
\r\nBring me my sword
\r\nAnd kiss me goodbye
\r\nThis time I hold you
\r\nHere in my arms
\r\nWill be the last”
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\r\nStrong nerves required. ARTAS obviously is not recommended to the ones that identify the beauty of this music with the melodies. Ηere you can find anything else but melodies and lyricism, unless if through an advanced approach, we can distinguish those points where the tones are more soft and consider them as ”melodic brillancies” in the songs.
\r\nThere are times that you wonder what went wrong, what went bad and everything comes out uneasy. That’s exactly how I felt when I listened to the new album of the gods The Haunted and a huge WHY came out of my mouth. I longed for this record and I was sure that I was going to listen to something many levels better than the previous (and disappointing as far as I am concerned) The Dead Eye, from a very favorite band of mine and also one that I was lucky enough to meet at its birth.
Here we have the re-release of “Swords” EP and “The Gore Of War” split by the U.S. based outfit, Skelator, plus two previously unreleased tracks on one CD, via Metal On Metal Records under the general title “Time Of The Sword Rulers”
