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Artist: Delphian |
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Delphian are a Finnish quintet who deliver a sound that has that unique quality these days of being their own band. The band mix progressive metal alongside a more heavier vibe and its base is the powerful vocals of Aniek Janssen, who's voice at times comes across as a modern day Grace Slick. But it's the whole bands sound that is an eclectic mix of pulsating heavy beats matched beautifully against the harmonious melodies courtesy of Janssen’s vocals that really make them stand out from the metal crowd. The album gets underway with ‘Started to Unravel’ and that prog heavy mix is immediately felt as the track thunders between the pounding rhythm section of Sjoerd Hoeijmakers’s bass and Roel van Helden’s drums, all interwoven with Janssen’s vocals. This same mix is found on the next track ‘Creation’ as well as throughout the album, although it is broken up with some quite extraordinary vocal high points such as the haunting ‘Sleepless Lullaby’, which has a much more progressive folk feel to it than the others and subsequently is one of my highlights off the album. The band bring a Janssen’s flute playing into the mix as the band go for a heavy Jethro Tull type vibe on ‘Focus On Acid’, another one of my favourite tracks off the album, purely for its diversity and style changes, as it strays from the folkish flute tones to the heavy bass and pounding drums, then on to the soaring guitars, all which work wonderfully well together. Then it's back to the more progressive soundings with ‘Black And Blue’ before it back to the heavier side of the band with ‘Hidden’. A track that balances on the edge between Prog Metal and Symphonic Metal. The
album continues on a similar path with ‘Undone’ before closing with
another haunting rendition, this time it’s the quite immaculate tone
of ‘Air’ which includes guest vocals of Leon Brouwer who joins
Janssen for this duet. An excellent closer to by the band who
bring forth this quite unique and refreshing approach to the whole
progressive sound. |
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