Severed Angel (USA)

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Severed Angel - Skyward (2024)











Year : 2024
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 114 mb

Bio:

Severed Angel is a metal band from the Northeastern United States (NY and PA) forged to unleash a sonic assault of melodic heavy metal upon the masses.In 2018, drummer Wayne Noon started the Rat Salad Review network to promote his favorite bands and have fun with a podcast that provides insight to the metal bands that the mainstream media are unaware of. Some of those bands included Timeless Haunt (PA), The Nightmare Stage (NY), Infinite Spectrum (NY), and Tension Rising (NY).As the original drummer for Phoenix Reign, a NYC-based power metal band, they released an album called “Destination Unknown,” and toured around the tri-state area. Their final show was at the Gramercy Theater in NYC opening for international recording artists Epica.In 2019, guitarist Lou Mavs started his podcast (Music Is Life Podcast) discussing his opinions and experience as a musician. Wayne and Lou were friends from the time Phoenix Reign was playing shows in Lou’s native Queens, NY, and Wayne asked Lou if his podcast would join Rat Salad Review as a show on the network, to which he did.In late 2020, Wayne was preparing the release of his new band Project Resurrect. It was around that time that the music world suffered the loss of Edward Van Halen. Lou and Wayne suggested that they cover a Van Halen song as a tribute to Eddie, and enlisted the services of Timeless Haunt bassist George Dimitri and Thrash Or Die/Combat vocalist Ralph Viera. The cover was released to positive responses. 2021 saw the release of Project Resurrect’s “False Reality” CD and Rat Salad Review & Friends’ “Cover Series, Part 1” EP.In early 2022, Wayne suggested forming a new original band with Lou, George, The Nightmare Stage keyboardist Marc Muchnik, and Infinite Spectrum bassist/songwriter Alex Repetti (also of Tension Rising and Project SEAR), Lou provided an original demo written 12 years ago called “Dogs of War,” which was written as entrance music for his cousin - MMA fighter Robby Plotkin (currently a US Army Ranger). Wayne thought the song was perfect for this new project and arranged a new version of it, to which Marc and Alex wrote lyrics, and Lou re-recorded his parts. Upon completion of the song, it was official - Severed Angel was born.Their debut CD was written, recorded, mixed and mastered within 3 months. In that time, Severed Angel started working on more material, many of which were released as singles: “A Fate Worse Than Death,” “Run and Hyde,” “Bump In The Night,” and “Mt. Cyanide.” Their self-titled debut CD was released on May 2nd, 2023.Their second album "Skyward" will be available on Friday, May 3rd, 2024 on their Bandcamp site.

Album:

From the Northeastern US comes the melodic, metallic Severed Angel.Severed Angel: “Skyward” Digital and CD 3rd May 2024 Self Released. USA Heavy / Power / Metal / Progessive band.A year after the release of their first album, the band is back with a brand new album! It seems like they never stop composing. A versatile inspiration combining several influences with many passages. Like an Opera rock, you have several voices with different moods. You are embarking on a journey like an audio book telling you stories in an entertaining moment.Another hero on the cover, this time looking more like an angel compared to the previous warrior one. Melting with modern bands, a mix of plenty of influences kind be a bit disturbing at first except if you are used to the new bands and sounds. Keyboardist Marc Muchnik has a big part in this new opus. Melodies and fast-kicking heavy riffs. Oriental parts, growling voice, everything is here to please the masses.Chirugical passages à la Meshuggah, cuting edge of the Heavy Metal style. This album has much mainstream sound that will gain tons of new fans for sure. A blend old sound with new ones making Severed Angel a modern Metal band.Influences Megadeth, Iced Earth, Lars Eric Mattson, Metallica, Papa Roach, Judas Priest, Hydrogyn, Chastain, Queensryche, Myrath, Avenged Sevenfold, and many more.Produced and mixed by lead vocalist/guitarist Alex Repetti and mastered by Joel Wanasek, this album has an explosive sound to blast the world like a bomb.

Line Up:

Alex Repetti - Vocals, Guitars - See also: Absolon, Infinite Spectrum, Tension Rising
Lou Mavs - Guitars, Vocals
George Dimitri - Bass - See also: Timeless Haunt, ex-Taz
Marc Muchnik - Keyboards - See also: The Nightmare Stage, ex-Immortally Committed
Wayne Noon - Drums - See also: Absolon, Project Resurrect, Phoenix Reign

+ Guest Vocals on "Citipati" - Gail Bourque

Production:

Produced and Mixed by Alex Repetti
Mastered by Joel Wanasek

Tracklist:

01. From The Inside
02. Live Your Imagination
03. A Perfect Disaster
04. Skyward
05. Life Is Here and Now
06. Move Through The Dark
07. Tyrant On The Throne
08. Never Look Back
09. Tranquility In Conflict
10. Citipati




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Severed Angel - When Eternity Ends (2025)











Year : 2025
Style : Symphonic Heavy Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 119 mb

Bio:

Severed Angel is a metal band from the Northeastern United States (NY and PA) forged to unleash a sonic assault of melodic heavy metal upon the masses.In 2018, drummer Wayne Noon started the Rat Salad Review network to promote his favorite bands and have fun with a podcast that provides insight to the metal bands that the mainstream media are unaware of. Some of those bands included Timeless Haunt (PA), The Nightmare Stage (NY), Infinite Spectrum (NY), and Tension Rising (NY).As the original drummer for Phoenix Reign, a NYC-based power metal band, they released an album called “Destination Unknown,” and toured around the tri-state area. Their final show was at the Gramercy Theater in NYC opening for international recording artists Epica.In 2019, guitarist Lou Mavs started his podcast (Music Is Life Podcast) discussing his opinions and experience as a musician. Wayne and Lou were friends from the time Phoenix Reign was playing shows in Lou’s native Queens, NY, and Wayne asked Lou if his podcast would join Rat Salad Review as a show on the network, to which he did.In late 2020, Wayne was preparing the release of his new band Project Resurrect. It was around that time that the music world suffered the loss of Edward Van Halen. Lou and Wayne suggested that they cover a Van Halen song as a tribute to Eddie, and enlisted the services of Timeless Haunt bassist George Dimitri and Thrash Or Die/Combat vocalist Ralph Viera. The cover was released to positive responses. 2021 saw the release of Project Resurrect’s “False Reality” CD and Rat Salad Review & Friends’ “Cover Series, Part 1” EP.In early 2022, Wayne suggested forming a new original band with Lou, George, The Nightmare Stage keyboardist Marc Muchnik, and Infinite Spectrum bassist/songwriter Alex Repetti (also of Tension Rising and Project SEAR), Lou provided an original demo written 12 years ago called “Dogs of War,” which was written as entrance music for his cousin - MMA fighter Robby Plotkin (currently a US Army Ranger). Wayne thought the song was perfect for this new project and arranged a new version of it, to which Marc and Alex wrote lyrics, and Lou re-recorded his parts. Upon completion of the song, it was official - Severed Angel was born.Their debut CD was written, recorded, mixed and mastered within 3 months. In that time, Severed Angel started working on more material, many of which were released as singles: “A Fate Worse Than Death,” “Run and Hyde,” “Bump In The Night,” and “Mt. Cyanide.” Their self-titled debut CD was released on May 2nd, 2023.Their second album "Skyward" will be available on Friday, May 3rd, 2024 on their Bandcamp site.

Album:

The third full-length from Severed Angel shows the band continuing to refine their melodic heavy metal that pays homage to past legends with an updated sound and approach.In a truly modern way, the origin story for the Northeast US band Severed Angel is built around podcasts. The Rat Salad Review from drummer Wayne Noon started in 2018 and another guitarist Lou Mavs started The Music is Life podcast in 2019. Wayne was also the drummer for Phoenix Reign who was playing shows in Queens, NY where Lou lived and the two became friends and Wayne asked Lou to co-host The Rat Salad Review podcast. Fast forward to 2020 when Wayne and Lou decided to cover Van Halen’s “Atomic Punk” as a tribute to late guitarist Eddie Van Halen and the cover received a positive response. In early 2022, Wayne suggested to Lou they form a new band and brought on Nightmare Stage keyboardist Marc Munchnik and Infinite Spectrum bassist Alex Repetti. The newly formed group recorded a song originally written as entrance music for Lou’s cousin, MMA fighter Robby Plotkin and Angel Severed was born. By May 2023 the band’s self-titled debut was released and the second album Skyward a year later in May 2024. For When Eternity Ends, the band signed to No Life Til Metal records and the album was produced by guitarist/vocalist Alex Repetti and the band with Alex handling mixing and mastering.The artwork for When Eternity Ends is pretty amazing with the dark figure of what looks to be an avenging angel armed with swords descending ominously and the opening intro track with the symphonic elements and ethereal vocals from Gail Bourque build tension beautifully. So given this, I was a bit taken aback by the next track “Through the Eyes of Time”. Production is very clean but the vocals and keyboards overpower the guitars in the mix (even in headphones) and their brighter tone seemed at odds with the cover art and my expectations. The vocals from Alex Repetti are strong and the soaring parts are pretty amazing and the song moves forward much like mid-tempo power metal songs and should sound in general very familiar to power metal fans in terms of structure. “Cry Out to the World” continues in a similar vein with keyboards dominating much of the overall sound and feel of the song, which eventually ventures into near power ballad territory.“Shed” shows the band going in a faster, darker direction and is the first song which caught my attention. Alex Repetti’s vocals in the verse sections and chorus are darker and a bit gritty, working well with the guitar riffs. I could do without the higher register bridge sections but that’s likely just a personal quirk for me. I will say that the guitar solo here seems a bit less in line with the song than previous solos and almost like what often happens with guest musicians who record at the end. Much to my happiness, “Like Lightning” continues the darker, faster theme with Alex Repetti’s vocals taking on a definite like you would hear from Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) at least in the verses. Wayne Noon’s drum work pounds relentlessly through the song and the guitar solos here fit really well and add a touch of unpredictability which is very welcome.“Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” returns a bit to the older song formula on the album with keyboard and clean/soaring vocals dominating, but for this song it’s a bit different and it really reminds me a bit of Rainbow from the Street of Dreams era, which is never a bad thing. Add in a catchy chorus, some good electronic elements sparingly used and another well-structured guitar solo and you and you have another great track.“The Demon’s Alive” really turns this album on its head with the deep growled vocals and guitar dominated sound and is more of what I was expecting from all the songs given the cover. Alex Repetti still has clean vocals and some soaring parts but musically, the guitar riffs are dirtier, keyboards not leading but accenting, and again Wayne Noon’s drum work drive the song. Opening of “In My Skin” is the dirtiest riff on the album and when coupled with Alex Repetti channeling Dave Mustaine again works really well until the rap part starts, which seems totally out of place in 2025. The album closes out with the title track, what I’m labeling a power ballad and a bit of a let down from where the second half of the album was headed.When Eternity Ends is only the third full-length from a band that had its first release just 3 years ago, so the band is being prolific for sure compared to most bands who don’t come close to this schedule. I like the direction the songs on the album were heading and the heavier, darker songs feel more comfortable for the band and less forced. I do almost feel as if this was two different ep’s combined from different eras of the band as the songs seem that different to me, which made listening through the album a challenge as I wanted to skip ahead. Musicianship and performances are strong but it did seem to me some of the guitar work was overshadowed in some songs. Even with the unevenness, fans of melodic heavy metal/power metal will find a lot to like on When Eternity Ends.

Line Up:

Alex Repetti - Vocals, Guitars - See also: Absolon, Infinite Spectrum, Tension Rising
Lou Mavs - Guitars, Vocals
George Dimitri - Bass - See also: Timeless Haunt, ex-Taz
Marc Muchnik - Keyboards - See also: The Nightmare Stage, ex-Immortally Committed
Wayne Noon - Drums - See also: Absolon, Project Resurrect, Phoenix Reign

+ Gail Bourque (Plant Based Metal) - Vocals on "The Fall of Rain"

Production:

Produced by Alex Repetti and Severed Angel
Written by Severed Angel
Mixed and Mastered by Alex Repetti

Tracklist:

01. The Fall of Rain
02. Through The Eyes of Time
03. Cry Out To The World
04. Shed
05. Like Lightning
06. A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
07. The Demon's Alive
08. In My Skin
09. One Life To Live
10. When Eternity Ends




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