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(Holiness) - "Beneath The Surface"

Reviewed by:

"Philip Wooldridge"- (Ravenheart Music)

Genre:
(Female Fronted) {Rock/Symphonic-Metal}-(Music)
Country:
Brazil
Length:
42:00
Release Date:
2009
Band Members: Stéfanie Schirmbeck - Vocals Fabrício Reis - Guitar
  Cristiano Reis - Drums Hércules Moreira – Bass
     
     
Track Listing: 1.)-Rise (Intro) - 1:21
9.)-Breath in Time - 4:12
  2.)-The Truth - 3:08
10.)-Uninvited (Alanis Morissette cover) - 4:39
  3.)-What I Want - 4:13  
  4.)- Higher - 4:18  
  5.)-Waiting for a Change - 4:44  
  6.)-Take Me Closer - 4:20  
  7.)-Mine - 4:59  
  8.)-Into the Light - 4:47  

Review:

AFormed in 2008, these Brazilians have uncovered a rare diamond in stunning singer Stéfanie Schirmbeck. Her powerful voice is the fulcrum of this debut album, packed with emotionally charged songs. Their sound is quite unique, heavier and more muscular than Evanescence, but with Stéfanie’s melodic vocal lines, passionate delivery and emotive lyrics. Their intention is not to make you headbang, but to move you emotionally. The producer is Aquiles Priester, the drummer of two of Brazil’s top bands, Angra and Hangar, and their keys player, Fabio Laguna, supplies the keyboards. It is mixed by top producer Tommy Newton who has twiddled the knobs for bands like Helloween, Elegy, Kamelot, Ten and UFO. It’s not surprising it sounds so good. ‘The Truth’, ‘What I Want’, ‘Take Me Closer’ and ‘Breath in Time’ are mighty and massive. ‘Higher’, ‘Waiting for a Change’, ‘Mine’ and ‘Into the Light’ (the video is on the Female Voices blog) are power ballads with the emphasis on power. The final cut is a version of Alanis Morissette’s ‘Uninvited’ which they turn into a towering monster of a song. With the right exposure this band has all the tools to break through. I came up with the slogan ‘The victory of melody over muscle’ for the Female Voices Blog, well, here you have melody and muscle in perfect unison. It can be ordered form their Myspace http://www.myspace.com/officialholiness , but it is crying out for international distribution, a very impressive 9 out of 10.

 

 

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