Power of Metal.dk Review

 
Distant Past
Utopian Void
Rating
 
Style: Power Metal
Release date: 17 January, 2014
Playing time: 60:00
 


Second album of this Swiss band, with ex-Emerald singer Jvo Julmy in the line-up. The music is a mix of Iron Maiden, Dokken and this sometimes with a little thrash edge. Jvo easily changes from very high vocals to a more aggressive singing style and although he is not the best singer, he gets away with it. After the Maiden/Dokken sounding opener, the second song "Sceptre" is a tad heavier and the same can be said about the faster track "On the Edge". Besides a lot of NWOBHM (read Maiden) influenced tracks, there are a few more epic pieces too. Biggest example of that is "The Hell of Verdun".

I don't have a lot more to say about this record. It is just  a metal album with the typical traditional eighties influences, which will not make any difference in the history of metal, but is just a nice album to listen to a couple of times.


Tracklist
01. A Day of Darkness
02.
Sceptre
03.
On the Edge
04.
Faces
05.
Kingdom of Shadows
06.
Helpless
07.
Guided By the Stars
08.
Breath - the Spell
09.
The Illusion
10.
The Hell of Verdun
11. Signs of the End (bonus track)
12. Touched By the Gods (bonus track)
Label: Pure Steel Publishing
Distribution: Pure Steel Records
Reviewed by: Reinier de Vries
Date: 23 February, 2014
Website: www.distant-past.ch