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Review:
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One of my very favourite bands are back with their
third album of Within Temptation esque symphonic metal.
Once again they are lead by the divine Sabine with her wondrous
tremulous voice, one of the most distinctive in music. This
new opus is more adventurous, more ambitious, more epic,
with more orchestrations, more choirs, more diversity, more
everything. They have also added some Lunatica, Elane, Rick
Wakeman, Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean
to create their own unique Rawkfist sound. Every one of
the songs is stupendous, from the intricate epic title track
'Chryseus' (golden in Latin) to the ridiculously catchy
'My Heart Untamed' to the grooving romping electro 'They
Made Me Walk The Plank' to the mighty galloping 'Invincible'
to the glorious duet 'White Rose'. There are so many fantastic
bits, pieces, ingredients and infectious hooks I could eulogise
for a month and it's all immaculately produced with superb
performances from all the guys. As Sabine so succinctly
sings on 'Minstrel', “Deeper within the music, I will never
be, Sweetly once more, This moment sets me free”, I could
not put it better myself, an hour of musical heaven. Rawkfist
must be the world's greatest band that nobody has ever heard
of, they should be up their with the elite dining on the
top table, and yet for some mystifying reason their profile
is invisible. Although not as immediate as their last, which
scored 9.5, this reveals more and more of its treasures
with every listen, so it has to have a golden 10 out of
10.
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