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<\/a>Those of you with a good memory will remember that I rated Hibria’s 2013 album, ‘Silent Revenge’, with 84 points and I was very pleased about the music. With a consistent line-up this time, I was very interested in this, their\u00a05th album. Again, another Brazilian band for me to review and this time one in the power metal genre. In 2013, I was very content with vocalist Iuri Sanson, his clean singing was great on that album. On this new album, his clean singing is still good, but he uses his voice also differently in several songs and that is not something I really like. Later on in this review I will come back to that.<\/p>\nOpener “Pain” is a mid-tempo power metal track, a bit in line with the stuff on ‘Silent Revenge’, but with a surprise in the form\u00a0of a funky part with a \u00a0trumpet in the middle. Again, the instumental guitar parts and solos are of a high level throughout the\u00a0entire album. The next two tracks are faster and real power metal songs, which I think suit the band best, especially the heavy riffing in “Tightrope” I appreciate. “Life” is a powerballad in which Iuri shows that he is an excellent vocalist in the\u00a0smoothier and clean parts and where the orchestral parts\u00a0add a dramatic twist. After a mid tempo track, two heavy tracks follow. In these two songs, Iuri tries to sing with an\u00a0aggressive thrash voice,\u00a0in which he does not succeed.\u00a0Also some high-pitched singing parts are misplaced and make the song weaker instead of stronger. “Ashamed” is a good song,\u00a0leaning towards thrash, with\u00a0good riffs, but again some weaker vocal parts spoil the real excitement. Like in the first song, the band uses\u00a0some trumpets and saxophones, which you might like or just hate.<\/p>\n
The heavy journey continues with “Church” where the high pitched singing returns,\u00a0which to me sounds a bit like a failing Halford imitation. “Fame” is a song I like, it is\u00a0mid tempo\u00a0with a progressive touch, here Iuri again shows that he actually is a very good singer.\u00a0Crucified\u00a0Barbara singer Mia Coldheart joins Iuri\u00a0in this song. Both guitar players Abel Camargo and\u00a0 Renato Osorio\u00a0deliver magical guitar solos on this album and should certainly be mentioned in this review. The last song, “Words”, ends this rather heavy album, but again some strange singing spoils it a little bit. The solo, however,\u00a0saves the song for certain.<\/p>\n
All in all I have to say that\u00a0the music on this album is again well performed, heavy, technical guitar driven power metal, but I’m a little bit less enthusiastic about\u00a0it than\u00a0I was\u00a0in the case of\u00a0their 2013 release and that has to do with some weaker singing parts.<\/p>\n
One advice for Iuri: please\u00a0stick to what you are good at on the next album.<\/p>\n
Tracklist:<\/h4>\n
01. Pain<\/p>\n
02. Abyss<\/p>\n
03.\u00a0 Tightrope<\/p>\n
04. Life<\/p>\n
05. Ghosts<\/p>\n
06. Legacy<\/p>\n
07. Ashamed<\/p>\n
08. Church<\/p>\n
09. Fame<\/p>\n
10. Words<\/p>\n
11. Life (Orchestral Version)<\/p>\n
Playing time: <\/strong>50:00<\/p>\n Release date: <\/strong>7th of August, 2015<\/p>\n Label: <\/strong>Power Prog<\/p>\n Website: www.facebook.com\/hibriaofficial<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"