REVIEW: REQUIEM - THE ARRIVAL

 

REQUIEM - THE ARRIVAL (Independent, 2002)

Produced By: Arto Räisälä and Teemu Hänninen

Tracks: 1- Arrival, 2- Revival, 3- Broken Alliance, 4- Whispers, 5- The Invisible Touch, 6- Forgotten path, 7- Halls of Eternity, 8- Liquid Hours, 9- Masquerade

Cover Art by Jason Juta

Recorded at Watercastle Studios

This is a pure heavy metal band with an epic feeling on each of the songs. The sound of the band reminds me of the band Stratovarius and some Helloween or Yngwie Malmsteen influences. The riffs are typical of the style and there are many interesting keyboards passages that give a different harmony to each of the tracks. The guitar solos are musical pieces within the compositions and add interesting moments to the tracks. Plu I have to remark the good arrangements that the keyboards do with chord progressions or with solos and melodies. The singer Jouni Nikula is really good at reaching the pitch that is needed for each of the song and he also has harmonized his voice here. The mix is really good and the CD has been mastered at Finnvox Studios achieving a great sound.

Favorite tracks: "Broken Alliance", "Forgotten path" and "Liquid Hours"

Contact: www.requiem.kpnet.com