Reviews
\r\nA very strong debut for Conctancia, the brainchild of Mikael Rosengren, former Scudiero/Token keyboardist. It all begun when he got in contact with guitarist Janne Stark (Overdrive, Locomotive Breath) and he asked him to play the guitars for the material he had already composed. They immediately begun working together and some months later “Lost and Gone” was ready. David Fremberg (Andromeda) took the place behind the mic and judging from the result, he was exceptional as a choice.
If you are a German lad and you decide to play some Thrash metal , I believe that you are destined no to play something in the Vain of the masters Destruction, Kreator, Sodom… This is exactly the way Minotaur acted. Minotaur that with their second album “God May Show You Mercy...We Will Not”, spread all around the place classic, full of great riffs and abysmal Thrash Metal in the German way of course!
Coronatus is a German outfit and they sound close to the music we call “gothic metal”, with female vocals and very impressive keyboards. Of course these are the common characteristics for a band that moves into gothic metal, but these guys from Germany owns also some other good features as well. I ve been impressed by some great riffing and small leads, as well as the great atmosphere that their second album “Porta Obsura” put me through!
Although the album reached me a little bit late, the new Minsk album at last is in my hands. The Album is entitled “With Echoes In The Movement Of Stone” and is a “classic” Minsk album… down tempo with many post rock strokes that end in quite long psychedelic delirium. As usually the sound of congas and the Pink Floyd-ish keyboards are once again present, as well as the more doom-ish parts with heavy and low tunes riffs.
I strongly believe that Mr Erik Norlander is a well known artist amongst the fans of rock sound plus the friends of progressive rock / metal sound since depart from his solo works his back catalogue features many appearances on bands, or projects such as Joshua, Expedition Delta, Aina, Lana Lane etc. It’s about a great composer and even greater keyboard player that joined forces with the science fiction author Kevin J.
Cross road. I stand to on the crossing point and I listen to the result of this cross. The genres that are crossed to each other are heavy, symphonic and progressive metal. The result, I do not know if it impressed the band, but in my humble opinion is quite modest. It is assumed that the heavy metal as a genre of leads the compositions and the other two genres must embrace - complete the melodies, but the reality is different.
