I
have always been a huge fan of everything Lance King has taken part on -
Gemini, Mattson, King's Machine and especially Balance of Power and Pyramaze.
His voice suits melodic power metal very well, and once more he delivers
an outstanding performance, in my book his best one ever. Michael
Kammeyer has once more written all the music, with the exception of a
small intro "Era of Chaos" and a 3 minutes interlude "Blood
Red Skies", which keyboard player Jonah Weingarten have written (He
wrote the bonus track for Japan "Flame and Retribution" as
well), and the combination of Michael and Johan picks off where we were
left off on their debut album "Melancholy Beast" from 2004. Melodic
power metal with a progressive edge - powerful riff-attacks, excellent
leads from new guy Toke Skjonnemann, big keyboard sounds, solid rhythms
from Michael Kammmeyer on guitars, Morten Gade on drums and Niels Kvist
on bass, which with Lance's excellent voice makes this album really
special. "Legend
of the Bone Carver" is a conceptual disc, which should appeal to
most of our readers. Produced by Jacob Hansen, the disc has a crystal
clear sound and a wonderful cover artwork by Mattias Norén just adds to
the pure pleasure this second album from Pyramaze is to me. The
album might not be quite as easy accessible as their first one, but give
it time because this is a great album, which I strongly recommend you to
check out... You won't be disappointed! |
