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'Music That Will
Heal The World' is the debut release from a progressive metal band based
around a veritable plethora of talent. Firstly the virtuoso
keyboards of Daniele Liverani, the powerhouse vocals of Soren Nico Adamsen,
the progressive bass playing of Alberto Rigoni, the pounding drums of
Dario Ciccioni and the talents of young guitar prodigy Tommy Ermolli,
together they are Twinspirits.
Unlike some Prog
Metal releases the band have come up with a very accessible and listenable
release full of strength and polish that is a joy to listen to. The
band can bring on the full progressive metal assault but can also bring
things down to an almost Pink Floyd serenity, all due to the superb vocals
of Adamsen and the uncomplicated styles of Liverani and Ermolli.
The album opens
up with ‘Projected’, a heady dose of Prog Metal from the off with all
musicians laying down the foundations for the album with some resounding
keyboards, drum, bass and guitar which leads nicely into ‘Back To
Reality’. This is where Adamsen really shows his credentials as a
Progressive Metal vocal force to be reckoned with. Some fantastic
harmonies all wrapped around the guitars of Ermolli and the quite sublime
keyboards of Liverani, these two tracks show the diversity and variation
of sounds that the band and album are capable of producing and that's what
makes this a very approachable release, not only for Prog Metal fans, but
people who know a good thing when they hear it.
The album
continues along its progressive path with ‘What You Want’. This is
where the Pink Floyd similarity comes in with this slow builder of a
track, with Adamsen showing he can bring it down as well as power his way
through a track with the gentle soaring guitar of Ermolli making this one
of the best mood inducing tracks on the album, you just have sit back and
let its splendour flow over you.
The tempo is
picked up once more with ‘Take My Hand’, a track where Liverani and
Ermolli make their own as they both show their musical prowess on the
opening, before Adamsen takes over the mantle once again with some great
vocals, (this voice was ordained to sing Prog Metal) and with the back
bone of Rigoni and Ciccioni keep things tight, this has to be one of my
favourite tracks off the album.
Things get
turned up a notch or two with the pounding metal of ‘Power To Kill’ with
the double kick assault of Ciccioni and the thumping bass lines of Rigoni
reigning supreme on this one and once again Adamsen shows another string
to his vocal bow as he lays down his most aggressive vocal so far.
We enter the
more traditional soundings of the prog metal genre with the keyboard
enthused ‘Understand’, this track still has that powerhouse rhythm section
of Ciccioni and Rigoni working over time and the magical guitar work of
Ermolli along with the superb vocals, this is a purists delight.
The band once
again expand the boundaries of Prog Metal with the quite magnificent
‘Fire’, this track is more hard rock and prog but this all adds to the
majesty of the band as they cross the great divide between genres and this
alone makes this particular song the stand out track off the album for me.
After the full
on rock of the last track the tempo is brought down a touch with the
mellow soundings of ‘It's Just Life’, a truly melodic interface between
genres once again with the gentle keyboards and vocals highlighting the
changing sound of Prog Metal as we know it.
The album comes
to a close with the title track ‘The Music That Will Heal The World’, a
real barnstormer of a closing track that starts off with a thumping drum
line then with the keyboards entering in to give the track depth, then as
the guitars and bass enter the arena the song just builds into a towering
Progressive masterpiece with Adamsen’s vocals being the icing on the
cake.
This album is a
must buy for those purest of the whole Progressive Metal genre and the
lovers of more refined melodic metal, this album will just blow you away.
This debut album marks a whole new direction for Prog Metal and Hard Rock
alike, great stuff. |