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Ask someone to make a top 10 of\u00a0Female fronted symphonic metal bands and you get a list with bands\u00a0based in Finland, the Netherlands, Germany and other European countries. Strangely enough there are not a lot hailing from the U.S.A., at least not as I know. Things are going to change with this debut of Midnight Eternal.<\/p>\n

With Raine Hilai they have\u00a0the perfect singer for this style, not only does she sing well, she also\u00a0is good looking. What is more important is that the songs are very variable, good arranged and with nice melodies.\u00a0The cd opens with a song in\u00a0Within Temptation\/Delain style. Not a very heavy track, but one in which immediately Raine shows\u00a0that her angelic singing can compete with the known singers in the genre.\u00a0Another strong point are the guitar solos of Richard Fischer and the bombastic sounding keyboards of Boris Zaks. “Repentance” is a lot faster and is more a power metal song in Kamelot style, but also reminds me a bit of early Edenbridge. The next song I have to mention is “Shadow Falls”,\u00a0 the most heavy and fast track, with some harsh vocals and battering drums. I’m not enthusiastic about the harsh singing, it sounds a bit weak and needs some improvement.\u00a0 I already said that there is enough variety, “The Lantern” underlines that. A soft track with acoustic parts, bombastic arrangements and Raine’s singing\u00a0alternated by clean male vocals. “Believe in Love” has a certain groove that reminds me of Delain.<\/p>\n

After that the journey continues in songs with multi layered vocals, beautiful melodies, emotional singing, bombastic orchestral keyboard parts, nice guitar solos and crushing riffs. The variety in heaviness and tempo keeps the album interesting until the last note. One of the most beautiful and enchanting songs of this year is “Silence”, it opens so strong that I’m immediately ravished.<\/p>\n

What works positive for me also, are the rather short songs on this album.\u00a0They do not repeat parts on and on, just to make a song longer, they just stop at the right moment. The only exception\u00a0to that is the over 9 minute closing track. This starts after the short instrumental in which Richard Fischer shows that he is a very good guitar player. The final track starts the same style as the rest of the material and I\u00a0wonder if this song will keep interesting the entire length. Well, it does because virtuose guitar solos, tempo changes and\u00a0Raine\u00a0her voice see to that.<\/p>\n

Final conclusion is that this debut album of Midnight Eternal is one that can compete with all the European competitors.\u00a0No, it is not original, but it is done so sophisticated and in well written songs with gorgious melodies that every fan of female fronted symphonic metal has to dive in.<\/p>\n