Last Updated on 01:48 PM by Giorgos Tsekas
Genre: Symphonic Power Metal
Country: Greece
Label: ROAR! Records
Year: 2015
Fallen Arise walk among us for six years now, choosing to play symphonic power metal. They have already released an EP and an album, but with their new effort “Adeline” they became widely known. “Adeline” is a concept record. The story is reminiscent of King Diamond’s stories, in which a girl called Adeline was born in 1863 with a curse cast upon her and when she turns 18, she’ll die.
Although we are dealing with a promising band, there is some a lack of authenticity with tracks reminiscent of other songs and especially “White Crystal Angel” for example, which is indeed a very good song and a video was shot for it, however, it strongly resembles “Soul Society” of Kamelot. We’ve grown accustomed to see great musicians copying smaller ones, so this case isn’t that bad as it sounds.
The band has incorporated in their music influences by Kamelot, as several tracks on the record bring to mind the atmosphere of Nightwish “Wishmaster” (it’s true that “Dead Boy’s Poem” is the mother of all the Nightwish songs and the whole symphonic power metal genre in general), Labyrinth (“Return To Heaven Denied” season) etc. I like the band because they’re playing power metal, as it was fifteen years ago, using a small group of musicians with classic instruments delivering the necessary symphonic element without any excesses.
They use male (clean-brutal) and female vocals, in which (female) we meet a new artist, Spyla. I cannot say I was thrilled because I expected her to have a more operatic rather than rock voice due to their musical style. Perhaps it seems that most dongs would suit Tarja because of “Wishmaster” atmosphere of the album. However she met the expectations to a good extend and hopefully she will improve her skills in the future. Excluding the authentication factor, the album sounds enjoyable and contains some very interesting compositions which fans of the genre will duly appreciate.
4/6