One word review: Allegiant
Favorite songs: Second Sight, In nomine., The Stringless Violin, Sanctus Ignis
Quick Review: A highly promising debut from this French band playing Symphonic neo-classical heavy metal with some progressive and power tendencies. The band excels in capturing a grand atmosphere and the music is technically very impressive, especially guitarist and main songwriter Stéphan Forté lays down some outstanding work. The music has lots of orchestration, is varied and often changes pace and atmosphere through the songs but the instrumental sections still drag on at times and make me lose focus. I think it is mostly due to the dull drum sound since both guitar and keyboard provide some interesting rides. There is huge potential here and most ideas work well. There is a cohesion to the album and it works as a concept album based on religious themes. I'm not sure why I never continued following Adagio. They seem to have slipped through the cracks.
Style: Symphonic Neo-Classical Heavy Metal
Rating: 6.5/10Posted by
Steen - Saturday, January 8, 2011
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