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Brazilians Thy Symphony have a history going back to
2001, but they have suffered a lot of trials and tribulations
along the way, and it has taken an enormous amount of dedication
and perseverance to finally release this debut album. They
specialise in creating dramatic, thundering, anthemic, almighty,
colossal, fast and furious Rhapsody meets Nightwish meets
Wagner symphonic power metal soundtracks crammed with soaring
strings, rasping brass and massed choirs. They are fronted
by the captivating Camila Senne with her awesome operatic
voice with a delightful vibrato and Allan Ortiona who has
a mighty metal and operatic tenor voice, they make a truly
wonderful combination. Songs like ‘Eternal Life’ and ‘Rising
From The Sun’ are glorious rousing sword waving battle hymns
while tunes such as title track ‘Harmonizing the World’
and ‘Lord of the Seas’ see them fearlessly galloping headlong
into the valley of death like the Charge of the Light Brigade
with cannons to the left and cannons to the right. The bursts
of double bass drumming have Matthew Liles peddling faster
than Lance Armstrong being chased by Attila the Hun, his
feet must be a smoking blur, he’s just left the band, he
probably ended up in Peru. There are several numbers like
the magnificent ‘Sun and Moon’ that feature segments that
remind me of Greg Lake’s fabulous contributions to ELP’s
Works (C’est La Vie et al), great favourites of mine. The
catchiest number is ‘Broken Wings’ and it culminates with
the blockbuster ‘The Brave From Highlands’, a song so titanic
you will need a lie down afterwards to recover your senses.
This is an album that will blow you away like a raging hurricane.
If you’re still clinging onto the wreckage, stagger to http://www.myspace.com/thysymphony
where you can find out how to buy this symphonic metal masterpiece,
a highly harmonizing 9.5 out of 10.
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