Progressive Metal Reviews
Progressive Metal Reviews
KENZINER |
 Kenziner are : Jarno Keskinen on Electric, Acoustic, bass Guitars and Keyboards Stephen Fredrick on Vocals Dennis Lesh on Drums The tracks are : 1. Future Signs (5:42) 2. Into The Light (4:13) 3. Images Of The Past (5:47) 4. Dreamer (6:18) 5. Thru The End (4:50) 6. Timescape (7:52) 7. Walking In The Rain (7:08) 8. Seasons (7:29) 9. In The Silence (5:18) 10. Land Of Shadows (7:36) Kenziner is the brainchild of 24 year old guitarist Jarno Keskinen. Jarno has composed all of the music, played all of the electric and acoustic guitars, bass and keyboards. Jarno first picked up a guiatr when he was 11 and was immediately impressed with some of the heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden and W.A.S.P. Later at the age of 16 as Jarno improved his abilities he became enthralled with classical greats such as Bach, Vivaldi, Paganin and Corelli. At this point Jarno beacame involved with classical violin sequences, arpeggios, minor diminishes chromatic runs and practiced heavily every day. Joining Jarno on this recording is Dennis Lesh (Trouble, Chastian, Stygian) playing Drums and Stephen Fredrik on vocals. Here we have an album that is mainly guitar orientated. Jarno's style is very similar to that of Yngwie Malmsteen. Combining classical and progressive metal. Jarno's plays some stunning guitar, powerful, fast, emotional, atmospheric are just a few of the elements that come to mind when listening to this album. But it's not just the guitar that Jarno has played on this album, he also handled all the bass and keyboards, and what can i say. Superb!! Jarno surely is a talented guy. Dennis is just superb on the drums, but then Dennis is an experienced musician and it's what you would expect here. Not forgetting Stephen, whose vocal delivery complements this style of music, powerful, emotional and is just perfect. A great album and one that I will be playing quite a lot in the months to come. Highly Recommended!!! This CD is released by Limb Music Publishers : Limb Music Products & Publishing Postfach 60 25 20 22235 Hamburg, Germany Fax: +49 - (0)40 - 53 10 90 50 Website : http://www.world-online.de/limb-music Email : limb-music@digital-design.de |
KENZINER |
 Kenziner are: Tracklisting: The half Finnish, half American symphonic progressive neo-classical power metal band Kenziner has released their second album, the follow up to last year's "Timescape". Once again they've used the famous guitarist David T. Chastain as producer, and the compositions on this album is stronger than on their debut album. Kenziner's music is reminiscent to Tony MacAlpine, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Lars Eric Mattsson and Rhapsody. Guitarist Jarno Keskinen is a technically skilled musician and he's also responsible for all compositions on this album. There's no doubt that he's the big star in the band along with the singer Stephen Fredrick. Mikko Harkin's keyboard playing is also very impressive and it brings an extra dimension to the music. The highlights are the opening "Live forever", "Eternity", the instrumental "Dimensions" and the closing epic title track "The Prophecies" that clocks in at 10 minutes. This is a must have for all guitar freaks out there. -Reviewed by Greger Rönnqvist- ------------------------------------------------------------------ |