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“Satrap” is the name of the debut
album of Gaia
Epicus. If you took different elements of Stratovarius and Helloween
and combined them, you would almost get their sound. This disc is
very intense for melodic power metal, almost relentless. Speed power
metal would be the best way to describe it. It has very thrashy elements
as well as the melodic parts. Its as if a band like Stratovarious
exchanged their guitars with an eighties thrash band; it’s a
nice deep distortion sound. Not only is this a very intense melodic
speed power metal band, but they are also heavier then just about
any other band that approach metal in their way, almost Nevermore
or Iced Earth heavy (when they play heavy distortion riffs). The musicians
complement each other; they are well rounded. The one part that could
use some improvement is the vocalist. Thomas Hansen’s vocals
are a little flat at times. If he could concentrate on the guitar,
and grab a vocalist that can hit some of those critical notes, the
band would improve as a whole. “Satrap” has a few good
tracks that should get power metal fans going. “Heavens Gate,”
“Inside the Storm,” and “Cyber Future” are
the best songs in my opinion, “Star Wars”and “Freedom
Calls” are worth mentioning as well. The production of “Satrap”
is sounds similar to Metallica’s “Kill ‘em All.”
Not the whole album, just certain riffs, and sounds. Overall, they
seem to have things going in the right direction, it might be to your
benefit to visit their website (www.gaia-epicus.com)
if you like powermetal. Rating: 78 |
