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(Krypteria) - "All Beauty Must Die"

Reviewed by:

"Philip Wooldridge"- (Ravenheart Music)

Genre:
(Female Fronted) {Rock/Symphonic-Metal}-(Music)
Country:
Germany
Length:
65.16
Release Date:
2011
Band Members: Ji-In Cho - Vocals Chris Siemons - Guitars
  Frank Stumvoll - Bass S.C. Kuschnerus - Drums
  Guest Musicians: Olli Singer - Guitars on "Higher" Tobias "Eggi" Exxel - Bass on "Higher"
  Doro Pesch - Vocals on "Victoria"
Track Listing: 1.)- Messiah – 3.48
9.)- Higher (Tobias Exxel)– 4.29
  2.)-As I Slowly Bleed – 4.23
10.)-Victoria (Doro Pesch) – 2.58
  3.)-Fly Away With Me – 3.41 11.)- Hurt So Bad – 3.54
  4.)- You Killed Me – 3.11
12.)-The Eye Collector – 11.20
  5.)- Live To Fight Another Day – 3.35 13.)Bonus\ - Get The Hell Out Of My Way – 4.36
  6.)-Eyes Of A Stranger – 4.14 14.)Liberatio – 4.08
  7.)-Thanks For Nothing – 4.08 15.)Come Hell Or High Water – 3.23
  8.)-Turn The World Around – 3.22  

Review:

This German band's origins go back to 2001 and a musical theatre project called Krypteria, then in 2004 stunning Korean singer Jo-In Cho was invited to sing on the charity single 'Liberatio' for the Indian tsunami and they became a fully fledged band, this being their 4th album in this incarnation. With their ancestry they have a more commercial ear that most metal bands and have never been afraid of the tag 'pop-metal', and why should they be, there's nothing wrong with trying to appeal to as many people as possible. ***

Their sound lies somewhere between Lacuna Coil at their most catchy, Nightwish at their most groovy and HB at their most anthemic, with massed choirs helping Jo-Lin to belt out immense, colossal, humongous choruses that have a touch of musical theatre about them, just listen to the thumping refrain of 'Fly Away With Me'. This is like the soundtrack to the next James Bond film, dramatic, theatrical and with song titles like 'You Killed Me', 'Live to Fight Another Day' and 'Turn The World Around', I half expected Daniel Craig to suddenly crash through the window. They belt through ten thrillers ranging from the more emotive alt-metal 'As I Slowly Bleed' to the almost sword waving power metal polka 'Thanks For Nothing' at the other end of the spectrum, and the Queen of Metal Doro Petch makes a guest appearance on the symphonic stomper 'Victoria'. Then you get the classic lighter waving ballad 'Hurt So Bad' and finally the pièce de résistance, the creepy eleven minute 'Eye Collector', which throws anything and everything including Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata into the pot. Jo-Lin deliciously sings “Hello, lovely, follow me, Step into my parlour please, Take a slice, I must insist, Come inside now, don't resist”, well, how can I turn down such an invitation? Jo-Lin is also a talented classical pianist and this is the first album where time all the band members get a turn at the mike. The three bonus tracks are well worth the extra admission, they include two new versions of songs dating back to their musical theatre days, the totally awesome 'Get The Hell Out of My Way' and a piano version of 'Liberatio', plus 'Come Hell or High Water' which is set to the tune of Elgar's 'Land of Hope and Glory' made famous by the British annual classical music concert The Last Night of the Proms, I was waving my Union Jack and blowing my party poppers with gusto. Krypteria have really ramped everything up on this one and you will be dying to get you hands on this beauty, their website is http://www.krypteria.de/ , a theatrical 9 out of 10.

 

 

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