Track Listing
1. Clarity 2. Realization 3. Of divine nature 4. Transition 5. Passion's quest 6. Reason's dance 7. Premonition 8. Remnants of beauty 9. Existence 10. Continuance 11. Predominance Year: 2002 Label: Sub Frequency - Official Site |
Winds - 'Reflections of the I' - By M. Lynch
WOW! Amazing, yet symphonic, musical, and classical. Wicked! Ok enough of the one word answers. Most people would think Winds are a Power Metal group, but they certainly aren�t. Well they kind of are and kind of not. The voices are a little Power-Metallish, with a Gothic Metal approach. That�s the turn down of the CD. The voices. I don�t mind Power Metal voices like Iron Maiden or Judas Priest or half a million other bands that sound the same. Yet this band doesn�t do that. These guys are really slow at some points but they speed up a lot during the songs. When the vocals kick in its superbly slow - almost like a snore factor. The first time I heard this I was about ready to fall asleep but then the heavy riffs came in with awesome double bass action with a violin in the background and I was thinking 'This is kind of cool!'. I then listened to most of the CD and WOWZERS! I was amazed. Musically insane! Violins, Keyboards, Heavy Guitars, Fast paced Drumming, its like a day at the beach or something. Its quiet and very calm yet its so fast at points. What amazes me about these guys is that they are so symphonic, and such a great amount of talent. I am not sure who they are or anything like that as I can�t find their web site anywhere on the net. Well I heard about these guys from a friend of mine so I downloaded a few of their songs. I then went to my local Music Trader to see if they had any copies of this CD. It's that good. Just think of this. One guitar player in the background playing some pretty heavy riffs. Another guy in the back with drums who can play double bass like the best of them. You got another guy whose on keyboards going pretty fast but you don�t hear him like you would hear the guitar players or the drumming and then you got a guy on a violin playing his heart out, then you've got one more member whose going NUTS On the guitar. This guy is going crazy with these solos. That�s the high point if you haven�t noticed. This CD is a CD that would either put you in a very calm mood or yet put you to sleep, but I certainly don�t, the solos will keep you awake. It's very magical, very symphonic, very memorizing, and it really makes you think of what these guys are saying in their songs. Metal Obsessive Grade: 100% |