Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Rampart/War Behest/Inferno Records/2012 CD Review


  Rampart  are  a  band  from  Bulgaria  that  plays  a  mixture  of  heavy  and  power  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  album  "War  Behest"  which  was  released  by  Inferno  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  no  fast  playing  or  blast  beats  being  present  on  this  recording,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording  with  some  bass  leads  being  utilized  at  times,  as  for  the  violins  they  are  only  used  on  one  song  and  gives  the  album  a  folk  music edge.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  heavy  and  old  school  power  metal  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  melodic  sounding  heavy  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars    they  use  finger  picking  to   add  more  variety  to  the  recording.

  Vocals  are  mostly  clean  singing  heavy  metal  vocals  with  some  spoken  word  parts  being  used  on  the  last  song,  while  the  lyrics  cover  war  and  social  control,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording.

  In  my  opinion Rampart  are  a  very  great  sounding  true  metal  band  and  if  you are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Ghost  Of  Freedom"  "Road  To  The  Unknown"  and "Give  Nothing  Back".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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