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(Touchstone) - "Wintercoast"

Label - Heavy Right Foot
Reviewed by:

"Philip Wooldridge"- (Ravenheart Music)

Genre:
(Female Fronted) {Rock/Symphonic-Metal}-(Music)
Country:
England
Length:
NA
Release Date:
2009
Band Members: Kim Seviour - Lead Vocals Rob Cottingham - Vocals, Keyboards
  Adam J Hodgson - Guitars. Moo - Bass Guitars, Backing Vocals.
  Alasdair Melville - Drums and Percussion
 
Track Listing: 1.)-Prelude
9.)-Line in the Sand
  2.)-Wintercoast
10.)-The Witness - Part 1
  3.)-Strange Days 11.)- The Witness - Part 2
  4.)- Voices
12.)-Postlude
  5.)-Joker in the Pack 13.)- Zinomorph (Radio Edit)
  6.)-Original Sin  
  7.)-Solace  
  8.)-Solace  

Review:

Touchstone are a ‘prog rock with real bite’ band from South East England. This is prog rock for people like their music as big, epic and melodic as possible; Within Temptation’s gothic metal meets Ayreon, Asia and Porcupine Tree. It is a loose concept album, but each song stands on it own. ****

The prelude features Jeremy Irons and is a suitably epic introduction, leading into the Within Temptation like Wintercoast. Highlights for me include the head banger Strange Days, which would make a great single, and the moving Line in the Sand. Every track is fantastic, with superb guitar and keyboard solos, and the outstanding vocals of Kim Seviour. ****

It is staggering the quality of some bands out their struggling to make a name for themselves, and Touchstone deserve to be Mega. If you like great music, played by outstanding musicians, then grab yourself a copy from

http://www.touchstonemusic.co.uk/

9.5 out of 10

 

 

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