Twilight Magazine – 12/15 – When Darkness Calls Album Review

Reverence (U.S.) / When Darkness Calls

(Translated from German)

  • Created: Sunday, September 30, 2012
  • Label: Ice Records razar
  • V.Ö.: 30 September 2012
  • Rating: When Darkness Calls
  • Editor: Thorsten Zwingelberg
  • Playing time: 49:09
Here they come, but from the U.S. of A, they of course play flawless U.S. power metal and have the above mentioned namesakes are not otherwise common.
A look at the line-up should be fairly adept at the genre-goers already the odd bell ringing in the head.Steve “Doc” Wacholz? Have we somehow heard before. Todd Michael Hall? Sounds vaguely familiar. Of course, while the former drommelte already for Savatage and Crimson Glory, the latter made especially for his work with Jack Starr’s Burning Starr’s attention. Bassist Ned also been attacked for Jack Starr in the strings and Bryan Holland had once worked for Tokyo Blade. But enough of the Name Droppings – has to offer the band from Detroit? Craftsmanship is of course everything in the right place, that is clear. And also in terms of songwriting they have brought the odd good song about. Songs like “Phantom Road” or “Bleed For Me” just go into the ear. Skillfully, the glowing tubes American Riffkunst interwoven with melodic British metal shaft runs together so that fans of Twisted Tower Dire, Phantom X, Striker but may also access Vicious Rumors & Co nearly blind. Their strengths spreads the band in songs like “Revolution Rising” from.Since you verzeit also that not every song is a hit – but there are actually really failures either. And let’s face it, ladies and gentlemen of the forest leaves: also Savatage & Co have not met with any song of their albums the mark, because you had to go through after all even the odd dry spell before the big evergreens were written. Reverence sound fresh and motivated and who are looking for new promising bands for his collection is, who does with “When Darkness Calls” certainly nothing wrong.

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