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Satanic Curses is a killer slab of meaty power metal ! Satanic Curses offers some of the best material ever to come from MYSTIC PROPHECY. Vocalist R.D. Liapkis is a really strong asset to this band both with his "leather lunged" Bruce Dickinson style of vocals as well with his killer production talents, in delivering an album that comes as close to perfection in sound as any band in the melodic power metal genre. Driven by the dual guitar talents of Martin Grimm and Markus Pohl, Mystic Prophecy pounds bands like HAMMERFALL into merciless submission. Jammed full of as many meaty and chunky riffs, fills and assorted other lead guitar harmonies as physically possible, the band is the equivalent of power metal on steroids. Every track features the great soaring vocals by Liapakis, who as mentioned, uses more of a "shouting" and harmonizes his voice for all of the chorus sections. Beginning with their last album Savage Souls and continuing with full force here, more aggressive thrash metal style riffs and vocals are becoming more prominent in their sound, notching up the heaviness factor immensely over most other power metal bands. Speedy double bass-fuelled monster riffs as well as chugging palm-muted Falconer style power metal are staples of this band's sound. Album highlights include Dark Forces with its awesome use of drop D palm-muted riffs and harmony thirds with a dash of thrash metal to spice things up. The title track, Satanic Curses, is more atmospheric than most other tracks yet still has the chugging heaviness and huge chorus; staples of every track on this album. Evil Of Destruction features some seriously ripping and fast power metal as does the track Damnation with the latter being quite possibly one of the best songs that this band has ever done. Ultra-speedy with some METALLICA / MEGADETH style riffs, this one's full of hammering double-bass, chunky riffs, a huge soaring chorus in an otherwise darker and more abstract track. Emotional yet still heavy power metal is heard with Sacrifice Me, a track that also features BLIND GUARDIAN like "Celtic" flavoured guitar harmonies that also brings Falconer to mind with its heaviness. Fierce and charging, Grave Of A Thousand Lies is a fine example of melodic "true" metal with its blasting guitar riffs and "gang" vocal style. We Fly is included as a bonus track and is another great soaring and heavy power metal track that uses some harsh vocals for backing effect and some very tasteful and harmonic lead guitar work. A decent cover of Paranoid by BLACK SABBATH is included as well. This is an outstanding album.Vollständige Rezension lesen
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