Friday, February 15, 2013

Circle II Circle/Seasons Will Fall/Armoury/2013 CD Review


  Circle  II  Circle  are  a  band  from  Florida  that  plays  a  very  old  school  form  of  progressive  power  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  album  "Seasons  Will  Fall"  which  was  released  by  Armoury  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  playing  with  no  fast  drumming  or  blast  beats  being  present on  this  recording,  while  the  keyboards  bring  a  very  dark  sound  to  the  recording  when  they  are  utilized,  as  for  the  bass  playing  it  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  are  coming  out  of  the  guitars  and  at  times  they h ave  a  powerful  sound  to  them.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  old  school  power/progressive  metal  riffs  that  utilize  a  great  amount  of  melody  in  the  riffing a s  well  as  a  brief  use  of  clean  playing,  while t he  lead  guitars  are  very  melodic  sounding  power  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  when  they  are  utilized  they  use  finger  picking  and  full  chords  to  bring  a  power  ballad  feeling  to  the  recording.

  Vocals a re  all  clean  singing  power/heavy  metal  vocals  which  go  back  to  the  classic  metal sound,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  everyday  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  to  it w here  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording  as  well  as  some  of  the  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  Circle  II  Circle  are  a  very  great  sounding  old  school  power/progressive  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Diamond  Blade"  "End  Of  Emotion"  "Sweet  Despair"  and  "Omly  Today".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

  

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