Heavy Curse. Vanishing Hope. Dawn of Tragedy. Music Video. Braving Flag. United Flag. Rebel Flag. The Flag of Punishment. Advance to the Fall. One for All - All for One. Phoenix Rising. Angel of Salvation. The IronHearted Flag, Vol. Friday 30 July Saturday 31 July Sunday 1 August Monday 2 August Tuesday 3 August Wednesday 4 August Thursday 5 August Friday 6 August Saturday 7 August Sunday 8 August Monday 9 August Tuesday 10 August Wednesday 11 August Thursday 12 August Friday 13 August Saturday 14 August Sunday 15 August Monday 16 August Tuesday 17 August Wednesday 18 August Thursday 19 August Friday 20 August Saturday 21 August Sunday 22 August Monday 23 August Tuesday 24 August Wednesday 25 August Thursday 26 August Friday 27 August Saturday 28 August Sunday 29 August Monday 30 August Tuesday 31 August Wednesday 1 September Thursday 2 September Friday 3 September Saturday 4 September Sunday 5 September Monday 6 September Tuesday 7 September Wednesday 8 September Thursday 9 September Friday 10 September Saturday 11 September Sunday 12 September Monday 13 September Tuesday 14 September Wednesday 15 September Thursday 16 September Friday 17 September Saturday 18 September Sunday 19 September Monday 20 September Tuesday 21 September This time the Japanese band gets heavier and adds elements that enhance the experience of listening to this piece of music.
The key elements of this quintet are Yama-B and Syu and in this record both show that they get better through the years. In previous records he was fairly OK, but had some problems when he tried to sing his vocal lines in a high pitched way.
Both in the songwriting area and doing his job with the six strings, Syu is just an awesome musician. His style mixes great shredding with heavy yet melodic leads and I can hear influences of Yngwie Malmsteen and Timo Tolkki in his style. The rhythm section does its job efficiently. The bass is audible and the drums sound powerful and competent without abusing in the use of the double bass drums like some power metal bands tend to do.
It begins with a distorted Hammond type keys and suddenly the guitars break down with heaviness and aggression. After a little bit of guitar shredding, the song moves forward with some interesting tempo changes, a magnificent chorus and some great guitar-keys duel. At this point of their career, Galneryus found the maturity both in the musicianship and the songwriting area to develop a sound of their own. If you heard the previous records from this band and thought they showed nothing new to this saturated genre, maybe you were not that far from the truth.
But this CD is, by far, their best to the date it was released. I still think that Japanese power metal is sometimes a hit or miss, but masterpieces like this show that the metal language is universal and even in the more distant countries know how to rock.
Galneryus, it must be said, is an exceptional band. With a melodic, operatic vocal assault, keyboard pyrotechnics and Syu's shred-laden, virtuosic leads, little is left to be desired for the power metallers and shredhead audience. Not to discredit their rhythm section - every performance and recording is likewise tight, controlled and a perfect foundation for the members performing in the higher register.
Galneryus might, perhaps, have too much of a technical sound for some. Certainly, doom metallers won't get much out of the high-tempo songs and riffs that often include 16th note runs, but for the power metal audience, Galneryus can take a seat amongst the likes of Blind Guardian, Angra and Rage. Certainly, the intro "Arise" favours a minor keyboard melody and crushing power chords over lead work such as "Meditation For The Saga" from their original album, "The Flag Of Punishment".
There seems to be a tinge of desperation in the music - a kind of fleeting plea for action. This theme is repetitious throughout the album, but is espeically pronounced on tracks like "Heavy Curse" and "My Last Farewell" which happen to be two of the album's strongest tracks. Both links go to part 2. July 27, at AM Anonymous said Newer Post Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments Atom.
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