Shadows Past — Perfect Chapter 2013 



Already formed back in 2005, it took this Swedish band a rather long time to release this debut album. The first orchestral
and fast part and growl at the beginning of the song «Wherever I Go»
sets you on the wrong path. It sounds like a start of a new Dimmu Borgir
album, but after 10 seconds you hear the style you can expect on the rest of the album; melodic power metal in the vain of Helloween, Kamelot and Symphony X.The tempo of the most tracks is rather high and on occasion the growling vocals return. These growls are below average and I think they
should hire a real growler for those parts next time. Vocalist Ola Halén however sounds very good and has the perfect clean singing style for the band. Powerful, very clear and enough variation,
he easily varies from low to high. The strength of the band however is
the heavy riffing. They form a good balance with the keyboard parts and
give the album a certain heaviness. Like I already wrote, there are
growling parts and on several albums this works, but I don’t think they
add anything to the songs here. Especially because they are not good and
through that, had better been left away completely.

Tracklist01. Wherever I Go
02. Perfect Chapter
03. Cry No More
04. An Old Enemy
05. Ladder Of Life
06. The Scars Run Deep
07. Impressed
08. Who Am I
09. The One
10. Believe

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