Destination ... um, somewhere other than Paradise...
Artiste: Desert Sin
Nationality: Austrian
Album: Destination Paradise
Year: 2012
Label: Pure Steel
Genre: Power metal
Tracks:
Awakening
Destination Paradise
Kill the king
Would you release me
Follow me
In silence
The seed of destruction
Creation
Hero
Circle of twilight
Chronological position: Second album
Familiarity: Zero
Interesting factoid:
Initial impression: Nice keys and guitar instrumental intro...
Best track(s): Awakening, Kill the king
Worst track(s): Uh, I sort of don't really care. The rest are okay but just that. Nothing stands out and after a while it all sort of blurs together.
Comments: Who are these guys? Dunno, just another metal album I picked up on my travels. This is their second album, and I must say it starts off nicely with a very Iron Maiden style instrumental then crashes into proper metal with the title track. Their vocalist, one Sando Holzer, certainly knows his craft, while the guitars are sharp and pure, the drums punching the melody along nicely. There are keyboards --- I know, cos I heard them on the intro --- but here at least they're pushed rather to the background, though I think I can hear them doing some choral stuff back there. Presumably Roman Fischer will get to strut his stuff soon enough.
Kill the king is as expected a big, heavy, rockin' thumper, rattling along with a lot of energy and power, substantially ramping up the tempo. Great guitar work, but I have yet to hear the keys making any appreciable impression on the sound. If a band uses a keyboard, piano or synth, well, y'know, I expect to hear it! Nothing terribly special about these lads so far, but we're only a few tracks in, so we'll see. There's a nice kind of “warriors together” vibe about
Follow me, and they do a good Maiden on
In silence, but I'm really not seeing anything that special about Desert Sin.
Have to say, I still haven't heard the keys make much of a contribution, though it's a moot point now, as I'm beginning to lose the will to live. Pretty standard, staid stuff with nothing new about it and no reason to make me look further into their music. In three words: destination bargain bin.
Overall impression: M is for Meh.
Intention: Stop here.