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Artist: Ghost Machinery |
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The
name of Pete
Ahonen is synonymous
with the band Burning Point, so what does Pete do when he keeps on
songwriting but the songs don’t fit with what Burning Point are doing
right now? Well not one to let good songs go unwanted Pete takes
these new songs and produces a band worthy of them, so Ghost Machinery
is born. The
band took the world by surprise back in 2004 with the excellent
'Haunting Remains’ album, now six years later be prepared to be rocked
once more with the quite stunning ‘Out For Blood’, a triumphant
Power Metal release that once again highlights not just Ahonen’s
songwriting, but also the tremendous vocals of Taage Laiho. This
album is a massive and I mean MASSIVE, blend of power and grace that
will blow the Metal world apart. The
album get's off to a fantastic start with ‘Face Of Evil’. No fancy
intro’s, not even a mystical haunting opener, it's straight into the
full on Power Metal with Laiho delivering the goods from the off, with
massive melodies from the guitars and the pummeling drum and bass lines
that are the backbone of the whole Power Metal sound. A real corker of
an open. There
is no rest bite as the locomotive that is Ghost Machinery reaches
breakneck speed with the title track ‘Out For Blood’. Spell
binding guitar licks get this one underway, before the towering vocal
might of Laiho is unleashed. A real metalheads delight for sure. The
entire might of the band is put on display with the excellent
‘Guilty’. Huge rhythms built around another titanic vocal,
before things switch with the highly melodic metal of one of my many
favourites from the album ‘Blood From Stone’, with orchestral styled
keyboards backing the immense guitar licks. This is all capped off
by a simply stunning vocal once again. There
is an air of classic metal around ‘Name Remains In History’, a more
bass and double kick drum driven anthemic metal sensation. All
this before the almost folkish metal of ‘Fortune Teller’, a real
revelation that shows the band have the multifaceted metal persona that
keeps the album fresh. The
traditionalists will just love the towering riff-fuelled splendour of
‘Lost In Time’ on which Laiho shows what a great range he really
has. I regard this as his best vocal on the entire album.
Anyone can scream in the name of metal but to keep the tremendous
melodies and power is a true metal singer in my mind and Laiho ranks up
there with the best of them on this one. The
pace is picked by up with the ball buster ‘Sentenced To Live (In
Paradise)’, an all guns blazing metal assault, then it’s the heady
bass lines of another favourite of mine ‘Mask Of Madness’.
This is classic metal with a modern twist. But
what Power Metal album wouldn’t be complete without a keyboard frenzy
and this album is no different as 'Eternal Damnation’ epitomizes the
genre. Massive keys mixed with a fiery drum beat and breakneck
guitars, superb stuff. The
album closes in fine style with ‘Send Me An Angel’. Again the
keyboards play a big part in this tracks ambiance before the guitars and
drums take over and unleash a torrent of metal to sweep you off your
feet. This
round’s off one of the best Power Metal album I’ve heard this year
and one that will once again send positive shockwaves around the genre. |
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Tracklisting: 1.
Face Of Evil |
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