MY FRIENDS today we entered the WeekEnd and as usual on this occasion, we have a New Album which I hope you will enjoy it ! WARMEN - FIRST of the FIVE ELEMENTS in 2014 This side-project lead by Janne Warman (Keyboardist of CHILDREN OF BODOM / ex-MASTERPLAN fame) and his young brother Antti (NO MAN’S LAND) on Lead Guitar, is among the most underrated act of the Finnish Metal history, the misconception and the narrow minded people are guilty of this fact. This kind of demanding music isn’t for everyone that’s for sure, however it stand as one of the most creative and eminent bunch of talented musicians with audacious and ambitious goals, clearly a breath of fresh air in the sometime sclerotic Panorama of Modern music business full of mediocrity. The Warman brothers are, of course, at the helm of this album, but the remaining recording members are also in a very prominent situation, those virtuosos musicans are more than gifted, notably the newbie bass player, Jyri Helko, who deliver a fat slab of overdriven-heavy-bass licks, nevertheless the real-wonderful-awards goes to Pasi Rantanen (STRIKE / THUNDERSTONE / ex-REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE). This incredible and ultra skilled vocalist, is an experienced singer, well known in his native Finland, a voice immensely attractive, full of abilities with an impressive range and an easy access in the transmission of emotions. After the first instrumental, the thrilling “Intromental”, and his alternate frenzy switching between Keys and Guitar solos and right away the amazing track “The Race” -with his brilliant riffage and the ultra fast syncronized unison fills-(in the great Malmsteenians legacy) and the even more brilliant vocal line, so typical of Scandinavian Metal : it’s already easy to predict a complete triumph…Indeed! “The Red Letter” featuring for the first time, Jonna Geagea, is also quite interesting displaying a slow groove, with a discret but solid vocal performance by Miss Geagea and yet as always some superb fistful of technical playing by the boys! “Ruler Of Your World” mark the big return of THUNDERSTONE’s front man Pasi Rantanen in a sonic bang, with a high-speed pace, a sharp riff above an atmospheric keys and another sublime vocal parts in the DIOs heritage with a superb solos spots by Jyri/Janne/Anti. Built around a fierce barrage of Thrash riffage with Alexis Laiho as guest-vocal on “Suck My Attitude” obviously it sounds pretty much like C.O.B. with maybe a more adventurous method like the great idea in the dissonant chords in the chorus, it was chosen as first excerpt to introduce the album. “When Worlds Collide” & “Devil In Disguise” are conceptualized in the same schema fat guitar introduction with ultra dark verse where Pasi can display all his talent, a nice progression and a very classy melody in the chorus and of course plenty of Shredding fury in the middle, the fans of NARNIA/AT VANCE and Co will love those pieces! The title track is a hell of a Neo-Classical instrumental, with still a strong Keyboard/Harpsichord presence but more surprising an even stronger Bass dominance with also a Drum solo break provided by Mirka Rantanen (ex-THUNDERSTONE / ex-TUNNELVISION / ex-KOTIPELTO)! The Metallized version of “Like A Virgin” is ok, I mean that it’s funny but I think the trick is a little worn out after their early renditions of Separate Ways by JOURNEY/ Black Cat by J. Jackson and most of all ROCKWELLs Somebodys Watching Me with Alexis…The surprise FX dont work anymore. Back to a more serious mood with a couple of cut celebrating the Heavy Metal orthodoxy, “Anger” is very comparable to TAROT and then “Human Race” is even more exalted, designed in the classic Steel mode, once again the vocals of Pasi Rantanen are the asset of those songs and clearly the stupefaction of the whole disc. Closing number is another fun track, the Poppy ALICE COOPERs Man Behind The Mask showing Alexis Laiho (CHILDREN OF BODOM / SINERGY) struggling with the singing but a nice relaxed way to conclude this demanding disc. Warmen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warmen Warmen | Official Website warmen.org/warmen.html Warmen - discography, line-up, biography, interviews, photos spirit-of-metal/groupe-groupe-Warmen-l-en.html Warmen – Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and ... last.fm/music/Warmen WARMEN at Metal from Finland metalfromfinland/Warmen Warmen - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives metal-archives/bands/Warmen/1007 Warmen | Facebook https://facebook/warmen
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 10:59:39 +0000
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