Year : 2022
Style : Melodic Power Metal
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 98 mb
Bio:
Palantír is an interdimensional symphonic power metal band from Sweden.The swedish band Palantír has been playing symphonic power/prog metal for the people of the multiverse since 2012 (although they were founded a couple of years before that). The loyal fanbase has grown increasingly large since the release of the debut album Lost Between Dimensions (2017) which was met with praise from some of the biggest metal magazines in the world (Sweden Rock Magazine, Burrn!).They've played numerous gigs in Sweden throughout the years and it is a sight to behold. A Palantír show is more than that, the band uses props, costumes and theatrics to help you escape reality and truly immerse yourself in the music.After the release of their debut album, Fredrik, Marcus and Emanuel started looking for new members in order to play live again. After trying out a few different lineups they are now at full capacity with the additions of Johannes, Calle and Cederick.All the members bring their own style and influences to create the unique sound of Palantír. With lyrics inspired by movies like Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, poets like Shakespeare, philosophy and simulation theory, you know you're in for a spectacular ride.
Album:
Sweden's Palantír showed enough talent on their four-year-old debut "Lost Between Dimensions". Back then, the hilarious power metal content was handled by a mere trio of musicians, now the band has a full six members. It's a pity that there was no one among the newcomers who could point out the dubious production work with a forceful imperative.Even on the aforementioned debut the sound was not great, but this time it is even less emphatic, which on the other hand is not entirely surprising when looking at the name that is more or less responsible for everything. Cederick Forsberg (Blazon Stone, ex-Crystal Viper) has his own studio, but no sonic gems have come out of it yet. He has been entrusted with Palantír's new release "Chasing a Dream", probably because Cederick has also become the band's bassist. This time Forsberg delivered - with the production approval of his new bandmates - one of his weakest performances, irrevocably affecting the sound and reach of the album.An album that is not authorially stunning, but under optimal sound conditions could be recommended in good conscience to anyone who likes upbeat power metal with occasional acceleration and symphonic or neoclassical twists. The record starts with the song "Chasing a Dream", which sounds like something from Christian Liljegren (Narnia, The Audiovision), i.e. more hard rock for now, which will be later evident in the song "Where I Belong". Anyway, the Swedes feel better on the power metal level, which is especially evident in the tracks "Queen Of The Moon", "Among The Stars", "The Beast Within" and "Where I Belong", which do not deny the sense of subtle, gradually graded and at times top melodic tension.This is also a positive considering the fact that almost all of the aforementioned compositions were handled by different composers. The current line-up of the Nordic band is nestled with a number of capable composers, including keyboardist Johannes Frykholm, who was featured last year with the Skyblazer project and is also a member of the domestic Symphonity. There is simply no catch in composing. It is clenched in the sound production, which is at the level of the nineties, and even then it was bad. Maybe it's something you can get used to, like when your eyes get used to the darkness after a while and gradually get used to it and start to distinguish some shapes of surrounding objects. But it's never going to be an experience like the light on, let alone in direct and bright sunlight.
Line Up:
Marcus S. Olkerud - Vocals (Starblind, ex-Rocka Rollas)
Fredrik E. Enochson - Guitars
Calle Persson - Guitars
Cederick Forsberg - Bass (Blazon Stone, Cloven Altar, Lector, Mortyr, Rocka Rollas, Runelord, Starblind (live), ex-Breitenhold, ex-Crystal Viper, ex-The Storyteller, ex-Steelwing (live), ex-Anger Burning, ex-Aterfall)
Johannes Frykholm - Keyboards (Skyblazer, Symphonity, ex-Odin's Eye, ex-Starlight)
Emanuel Lindberg - Drums
Tracklist:
01. Chasing a Dream (05:58)
02. Queen of the Moon (05:20)
03. Astral Prison (06:47)
04. Among the Stars (05:37)
05. The Beast Within (06:01)
06. Transcension (05:49)
07. Where I Belong (04:50)
08. Read the Signs (05:55)
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