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It’s time to don my armour, mount my trust warhorse
Bayard, and ride into the Emerald Kingdom to do battle with
the Chevalier Noir and the legions of the Lord of Chaos.
This is the brainchild of Michael Fiori, ‘Saga’, a multi
talented neo classical guitarist and keyboard player who
also supplies a variety of suitably evil voices. He is joined
by two enchanting damsels, the operatic Adelaide Allard
de Stave, ‘Arya’, and Anais Chevallier, ‘Nymphadora’, on
powerful melodic vocals. This is for fans of symphonic power
metal bands like Rhapsody and Fairyland, but it is far more
progressive, orchestral, atmospheric and dramatic. This
is true story telling music; ‘Dragonland’ has wonderfully
evocative lyrics about the Black Knight’s beloved, ‘She
comes preceded by a rotten smell, monstrous of her splendour.
Her beauty is torture. The atrocity of her golden eyes corrupts
soul and heart’. Sounds like a nice girl! ****
The songs are split between the more power metalish
‘Dark Era’, ‘Dragonland’ and ‘Hell on Earth’, and the full
blown operatics of ‘Chevalier Noir’ and ‘Voyage Initiatique’,
denoted by the use of English and French. The Middle Eastern
flavoured ‘Eternal Life’ and ‘Akasha’ remind me of Swedish
symphonic metallers Therion. The stand out track is ‘Emerald
Kingdom’ which shows all their facets, orchestral drama,
superb guitar work, and the interplay between the three
very different voices. There is so much packed into each
song it really does repay repeat plays. ****
Michael is looking for label to release this wonderful
epic, coming from Monaco, it must be worth a gamble, to
hear more go to
http://www.myspace.com/bksymfonia
I’m off to get the blood out of my tunic;
do you think Tide will do it?
8.5 out of 10.
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