VAN CANTO have always been an absolute live band for me. On record, the a cappella songs, whether written or covered, were always nice to listen to and on each album a pair of pearls were hidden, but in the long term the innovation factor is unfortunately lost a bit. All the better if you are so positively surprised then live. If you liked this post and you would like to get even more information concerning Cheap Evertale Soul Stone Account kindly check out the web site. VAN CANTO has done absolutely nothing to spoil the stage abstinence of the past few years: The band seems even more motivated than in their early days and at the same time has lost nothing in sympathy points. Even though instead of the small coal mine Carl now the (small) turbine hall is filled, the band continues to show fannah and takes both before, as well as after the performance time to fulfill autograph and photo requests and to chat with the fans.
That statement may sound bold, but it's not like there's a lot of national competition. So I'll go further. It's the biggest fantasy power metal hit tout court since Lorenguard's Eve Of Corruption and Under The Grey Banner itself. The larger-than-life sensibility, the towering choruses, the vast epic scope; all trademarks of a true dragon metal titan are there. But there's more. German as they are, Evertale packs the album with thundering riffs, and as a bonus, employs a near Nils Patrik Johansson-soundalike singer in Matthias Graf. As Daniel and I have joked, Evertale's honorary subtitle is Wuthering Lorenguardian Of Fire. Plus, they have a Felipe Machado Franco-cover, which is always a bonus.
I love the way interludes break up an album and contribute to its atmosphere, but too many acts dilute them unnecessarily. Here, The Joining, Oceans Of Sand”and March Of The Nord all suit the mood of the story arc, and segue with flawless fluidity into their proceeding tracks. Not to mention, the narrative intro Battle For Mankind creates an enormous sense of tension with its superb voice acting which might as well be saying prepare your face Evertale are about to melt it. This leaves us with eight tracks of furious power metal, all between five and eight minutes, to hammer us into submission. The impeccable production quality brings out the best in every instrument, whilst boxing them all together into one, tight, cohesive package of pure steel.
After an suitably huge Hollywood-like opening instrumental, the album explodes in a metallic full force attack with In The Sign of The Valiant Warrior. It is quite sweet in its effort to overpower the listener in an all out assault and succeeds in smashing you into the ground, making sure you won't leave for a while. There is a great moment at 1:10 ("Once forsaken, despaired and lost we turned away"), where Matthias Graf hits just the right tone as he sings "away" and this brings out the Blind Guardian feel right away. My only problem with the song is the cut and pasted feel the song has, the result is a song that has sublime power but doesn't flow as well as I could have imagined.
