Serious Black

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As Daylight Breaks
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Friday, January 16, 2015
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When I put this CD on, I had not looked at the info about this band yet.  Upon hearing the first notes I said to myself : I have heard this voice before.  And damn right I was, vocalist is none other than Urban breed (Tad Morose, Bloodbound, …).  So I started looking through the other info.

My conclusion in the end was that if this is a real band, there might lay a great future ahead of them. This disc is simply phenomenal.  Which can be explained by the highly talented and very experienced line up.  Roland Grapow (ex- Helloween, Masterplan) on guitars, joined by Dominik Sebastian (Edenbridge) on guitars, Mario Lochert (ex-Visions Of Atlantis) on bass, Jan Vacik (ex- Dreamscape) on keyboards and finally Thomen Stauch (ex-Blind Guardian) on drums. And song upon song these guys bring us the same consistent upper class power metal.  The eleven songs were over before I knew it, so to speak, such was the quality.  If 2015 hadn’t just started, I would say it’s already the best album of the year,  but who knows what other gems will be released this year.

Anyway, this is an album every power metal fan should own.

98/100