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From out of nowhere (I think I always say that) comes
a new band. DORIAN OPERA are coming out of Germany and they
have released their debut CD on the Russian label MALS RECORDS.
The band was formed in May 2007 and so releasing an album
within 1 year is quite impressive. ‘No Secrets’ is a decent
melodic Progmetalalbum that somehow reminds me a lot of SAVIOR
MACHINE, so a bit epic and complex, still heavy and bombastic.
Opener “Ouverture” shows the band’s high level musicianship
as this an instrumental tune and instrumental it all sounds
good throughout the album. However, then we are heading into
the first song with vocals, namely “Sacrifice”, which lacks
a bit, as the production suffers and also the lead vocals
are not that strong. Later on the CD it all gets better, although
I am afraid some people might be put off as the vocals are
not as strong as for example like VANDENPLAS. The singer more
sounds like he used to sing in a Teutonic Metalband, so no
melodic vocals here to be found! Anyway, still a progmetal-diehard
might want to check out DORIAN OPERA at: http://www.myspace.com/dorianopera
(Points: 7.6 out of 10)
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