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(Galt Aureus) - "Citadels"

Label - Self Release
Reviewed by:

"Philip Wooldridge"- (Ravenheart Music)

Genre:
(Female Fronted) {Rock/Symphonic-Metal}-(Music)
Country:
USA
Length:
40:00
Release Date:
9/9/09
Band Members: Saher - vocals, piano, guitar. Susan - vocals, guitar.
     
Track Listing: 1.)-Overture of Legion 0:53
9.)-Before the Fall 5:27
  2.)-The Cavalcade 3:01
10.)-Conquerors 2:18
  3.)-At Dawn 3:45 11.)-Nocturne Carceris 1:20
  4.)- Our Own Versailles 4:17
  5.)-Citadels 4:18  
  6.)-The Armada 5:15  
  7.)-Spiral Stile 2:31  
  8.)-Eight 3:08  

Review:

The second album from the young alt rock duo from San Diego comprising Saher, on vocals and piano, and Susan on guitar and vocals. Imagine a mixture of Muse, Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Take That and Chopin, and you will have some idea of their wonderful music. Saher is very much the lead singer, his voice a mixture of Billie Joe and Gerard Way, with a touch of Will Young and Jeff Buckley. Susan with her pure voice provides backing vocals and occasional leads. A brief overture leads into 9 symphonic rock opuses, full of drama, passion and emotion, which swing from the tender to the thunderous. Highlights are too many to mention, but ‘Our Own Versailles’ and ‘Eight’ have glorious refrains, ‘Before the Fall’ gives Susan a chance to shine with some delicious piano from Saher before building into an epic, and the album ends with the roar of ‘Conquerors’, with a brief piano coda. This is breathtakingly brilliant; they really deserve to break into the big league, so rush to CD Baby and snap up a copy. 9.5 out of 10.

 

 

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