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When this Italian quintet started cooking up the idea
of Solisia in 2006, they took the finest ingredients to
create their signature dish. Take a power metal band like
Holyhell at full throttle, add a portion of Ayreon prog,
a pinch of Dream Theatre and Rick Wakeman, mix in some AOR
Asia type songs, top off with some Cher style rock vocals,
cook well in an immense earthquake inducing production,
et voila, you have Ordinary Fate. The platter is ram packed
with goodies. ‘Life Diamond’ sounds like Boston on steroids,
while the ballad ‘I’ll Take You With Me’ makes a Gun and
Roses sound like the Osmonds, with a guitar solo that would
make Slash want to eat his hat. ‘Lightning of Reality’ has
a touch of the ‘Hall of the Mountain Kings’ about it, and
the instrumental ‘Overlude’ sounds like it came from a Hollywood
blockbuster, as hordes of knights steam into battle. ‘Vortex
of Indifference’ is an awesome stomper with a breakdown
that can destroy foundations, and the riffing on ‘Inner
Will’ is simply superhuman, the guitarist must have had
his underpants on over his jeans.
Singer Marilena Stigliano has an awesome set of pipes
with crystalline enunciation, sadly she left just after
recording, and the new vocalist Medea has a massive set
of boots to fill. The musicianship from the lads is top
drawer, while the production by Simone Mularoni is of the
highest professional standards. It is all wrapped in a lovely
digi-pack with artwork by Alexandra V Bach who has worked
with Kamelot, Adagio, Operatika and many others, his company
is called Ravendusk, so they must be good!
If you love power metal, symphonic metal, or any old
sort of metal, then you will be by now stampeding your way
to their Myspace site, http://www.myspace.com/173638483
, to order a copy, just form an orderly queue.
9.5 out of 10
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