Year : 2021
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal
Country : Switzerland
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 97 mb
Bio:
Distant Past is the brainchild of Adriano Troiano. After leaving “Emerald” in 2001, he formed his own group “Evil Eye” the same year. The group featured Alain Curty on guitar and Kaspar Zwirner on drums, two of his school friends. After being disappointed by the direction the band was taking, Troiano opted to drop out his own group, to concentrate on a Studio project, which eventually became Distant Past.Setting up a studio at his home he contacted a few friends to make his first recording experiences. The fist Album “Science Reality” was finished in 2003.Right after the completion of this album, Troiano immediately started to work on the follow-up “Extraordinary Indication of unnatural Perception” which was released as a retail CD in 2005. Guest featured Christoph Schafer on guitars (who also worked on the first album) and new singer Reto Guggisberg, next to Zwirner and Curty. The brothers Michael and Thomas Vaucher of “Emerald” also made guest appearances on the Album, which would pave the way for Troiano to return to their band in 2006.The recording process of the “Alpha Draconis” took shape in 2008. Joining him on his most sophisticated and aggressive work to date were: new drummer Al Spicher (who joined Emerald in 2007) and new singer Angelo Schafer (Remote Lane). Next to Alain Curty (now a Member of Deathflow, along Spicher) and a special appearance of David Luterbacher (Deathflow), the CD features guests Andy Bächler (ex-Emerald / Fühlifliisch), who drums the 13-min Epic “the Serpent” and his Emerald-cohort Michael Vaucher, who returns for yet another melodic Solo.The newest Distant Past Album proves that this Studio Project has a lot to offer and will be a force to be reckoned with in the future.
Album:
After their third album "Rise Of The Fallen" (2016), it was quiet about the Swiss band DISTANT PAST. They made a few appearances for the first time, but failed because of a stable lineup. So singer Jvo Julmy and bassist Adriano Troiano started looking for new comrades and are now starting all over again with a new line-up.The personnel reset was followed by a stylistic realignment. While DISTANT PAST tended more towards US-embossed steel on the predecessor, the new disc is now clearly going back to the classic NWoBHM. In my humble opinion this also fits better with Jvo Julmy's vocals. With shorter songs, the Swiss get to the heart of the matter faster and can thus accommodate nine and a half songs in just under 45 minutes. Nine and a half? Well, the acoustic intermezzo doesn't really matter at a little over a minute. It is also nice to see that with the new guitar group, the confusion in the coordination of the six strings that was addressed in our reviews of the previous two albums could be put aside. The new duo Sollberger / Laederach doesn’t harmonize at Downing / Tipton level yet, but they throw some high-class harmonies out of their sleeves. Listen to the opener "Kill The Dragon", which together with "I Am Omega" clearly marks one of the two highlights of the album. I find deficits in the vocal area, which at times is not fully fermented and almost a bit too thin, like in "Staring At The Stars". What a terrific catchy tune that would have been if the chorus had been tweaked a bit! Sometimes less is just - well: less.The bottom line is that "The Final Stage" is a pleasantly calm, entertaining Classic Metal album, which has also been given a really rich sound that slips well into the ear. And although DISTANT PAST are reportedly anything but a live band, I can imagine that the songs on this album would work damn well on stage. But that's a completely different topic at the moment anyway ...
Line-Up:
Jvo Julmy - Vocals - See also: ex-Emerald
Ben Sollberger - Guitars
Lorenz Laederach - Guitars
Adriano Troiano - Bass / Vocals (2002-present) - See also: ex-Emerald, ex-Evil Eye
Remo Herrmann - Drums
Tracklist:
01. Kill The Dragon
02. Staring At The Stars
03. Queen Of Sin
04. Fall From Glory
05. I Am Omega
06. The Power Of Evil
07. The Final Stage
08. Dawn City
09. World Of Wires
10. Path Of Fate
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