HELREIDH |
| Helreidh are Daniele Soravia on Keyboards, Yorick on Guitars and Backing Vocals, Franco Violo on Vocals, Luca Roggi on Violins and Alessandro Arcuri on Bass and Narrating Voice. The tracks are 'Exordium', 'Mark The Wizard', 'Tale Of The Crypt', 'Endless Wars', 'Interludium', 'Suite de F.', 'The departing Muse', 'Congedum'. The CD starts with 'Exordium : between Dream and Reality', this is an excellent track that is highly dominated by the keyboards, There's a heavy guitsr riff and a very dynamic drum sound then the track mellows out to nice flowing keyboards. Also there's an excellent guitar solo. Next is 'Mark The Wizard', another excellent track, it starts off fairly quietly and then comes in alot heavier when the vocals start. The vocals are superb, there are some nice changes in tempo and direction. The guitar and keyboards work is superb, with a great keyboard and guitar solo. Track three is 'Tale Of The Crypt', this starts with some haunting sounding keyboards before the band come in. There's a nice but short keyboard solo then some great vocals. Nice changes in tempo and direction. Excellent guitar solo's and there's some narration towards the end before an extract from Grieg's Peer Gynt. 'Endless Wars', is a superb instrumental. The track starts with finger-picking guitar then breaks into a heavy guitar riff. Superb keyboards,drums,guitars with lots of changes indirection and tempo and great Bass line too. Next is 'Interludium : Echoes from the Past', is a short finger-picking acoustic guitar track. Track Six is 'Suite de F. : Memories From The Timeless Night', a track that lasts some 15 minutes and starts fairly quietly with some nice keyboards and an acoustic guitarbefore breaking into a heavy guitar riff. Again the vocals are superb. The mood and directio of this track is forever changing with quiet parts with just an acoustic guitar to very heavy guitar riffs. there are some great Bass lines and excellent guitar solo's. 'The Departing Muse', starts with a heavy guitar riff interplayed with great keyboards and great bass. The vocals are then sung over the top while a heavy guiatr riff is being played in the background. Towards the end of the track there's a great guitar/keyboard solo and the drumming is quite superb. The final track is 'Congedum, fare thee well', which is a short instrumental starting off with some nice keyboards and later joined by an acoustic guitar. This CD is outstanding from start to finish. The quality and production are superb, The musicianship is and the quality of the songwriting is just simply outstanding. To be honest, after listening to this CD several times now I still can't pick a favourite track because they're all Brilliant!!. This is one CD for Progrock/Metal fans you just have to have in your collection. Helreidh Website :http://dprp.vuurwerk.nl/bands/helreidh/index.html Email : yorick@medianet.it For more info write to : Helreid, via R, Vitali 8, 31030 Covolo di Piave, Treviso, Italy. |