Skinher (GRE)

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Skinher (GRE)

Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 24 Apr 2023, 06:25

Skinher - Heartstruck (2023)

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Year : 2023
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal , Melodic Hard Rock
Country : Greece
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 82 mb


Bio:

SKINHER is the heavy metal project of Kyle Skinher (aka Haris from prog metal pioneers Hail Spirit Noir). Inspired by titans of the past such as Europe or Malmsteen and gifted newbies such as Ghost, Skinher write vigorous melodic songs unfolding horror stories set in past decades.SKINHER are making their dynamic debut with Heartstruck, scheduled for release on April 21st, 2023, via Aural Music. The record is fueled with driving rhythms, compelling riffs and a vintage analogue sound. SKINHER produce thrilling hard rock with a gory undertone.From the alluring opener and first single "You Are Next!" to the rock ballad "Josephine", SKINHER showcase a powerful display of soaring melodies, warm-toned guitars and charismatic licks. While on the surface SKINHER's tracks are comprised of the signature ingredients for a classic style heavy rock album, the band artfully introduce 80s synth elements, such as those in "Interstellar Love Hysteria", to enhance the textures of their music. "He Sees You" ventures into heavier nightmarish realms. Demonic vocals unleash an air of terror while the guitars take centre stage with contrapuntal melodies entwining to form a captivating sound. Lovers of horror will not miss the reference to the iconic Psycho strings that introduce the frightful "Dance With the Dead". Energetic instrumentation, heavy distortion and a catchy chorus make for a delightfully dark track.

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Certain cover art layouts give a great sense of what you’re musically in store for. This one definitely stood out with its pulp. “Heartstruck” is the debut album from SKINHER, the new side project of “Haris” (real name Kyle Skinher), keyboardist from Greek prog metal act Hail Spirit Noir.What happens when a keyboardist sets out on their own? The masterpiece of a debut that is Heartstruck! If its any indication of the future, just, seriously man, stick with this! Forget that other band!Taking trashy horror VHS culture of the 1980s as its primary aesthetic, that decade synth-driven rock and melding it with traditional melodic hard rock, Skinher is pure ’80s stuff taking you to the glory days of Nightmare on Elm Street or Friday the 13th and ‘that’ crazy soundtracks, catchy songs fueled with driving melodic guitars, strong vocals, compelling synths and a vintage analogue sound.Think Paul Sabu and 1987 Alice Cooper meets Keel, Icon, King Kobra, etc.The production quality is absolutely amazing, which is no surprise since it was mastered & mixed by Dim Douvras, and mastered in analogue by Alan Douches (Fates Warning, Motorhead). Featuring solid, soundtrack or murder chase scene-worthy riffs, and expansive vocals that command the musical direction, yet never overpower the rest, ”Heartstruck” is truly amazing.The solos, the effects, the drums, I mean this is all one guy how?! I’ve seen others referencing the greats of the genre to describe Skinher, but I won’t even soil this review by doing the same.You think this is comparable to all that other stuff? No, it’s better! Skinher takes modern cult worship and successfully combines it with tradition in ways we’ve never heard.You can hear the spirit of a musician in Kyle Skinher who is clearly loving the creative process. This is especially the case with ‘Josephine’, a tune that wears its AOR/melodic rock heart proudly on its sleeve. From the opening wave of keyboards and clean guitars, its possible to hear elements of the more melodic McAuley-Schenker material crossed with something like Crimson Glory, and the arrival of a bigger riff hints at the more melodic parts of Yngwie’s ‘Odyssey’ album, albeit with a bigger harmony vocal. It’s great old school rock from the get go, and by the time the second half of the track indulges in bigger riffs, a raft of demonic voices and – best of all – several bars of twin lead guitar, you can definitely hear more of the Malmsteen influence coming through.Equally good, ‘He Sees You’ stokes up the horror themes by including even more treated voices, guitar and keyboard riffs that tease with fairground melodies that wouldn’t be out of place in an 80s slasher flick, and powers everything through a really punchy drum part. The middle of the track delivers more full throttle 80s melodic metal with traces of Keel and King Kobra, but none of that matches the slow soaring riffs used to introduce the piece, which fall somewhere between melodic Judas Priest and Icon.The enjoyable ‘Night Cull’ opens with a riff that would make John Carpenter blush before exploding into a world of sub Judas Priest riffs. That gives the track a powerful launching point, and it continues to be fun musically – at least in a mid 80s way.More fun lyrics are the motto of ‘Self Eating Creatures’ presents guitar riffs that are closer to the trashy hard rock of Hell In The Club at first, combined with another theatrical hook where descending harmonies pull from a rather stagey feel, but again, most of the music is strong enough to balance out any self-indulgence. About half way through, though, the band takes everything up a notch in order for the assembled guitarists to impress with a full array of metal chops.For those still looking for more horror thrills colliding with a retro metal base, ‘The Maniac Is Back’ opts for a more tuneful midtempo where chopping guitars underscore a hushed vocal and busy drum groove loaded with cool tom fills. It’s here, with a world of 80s synths sounds fleshing out a rocker with an old heart.‘You’re Next!’ supplies jagged riffs intercut with shrill leads during another strong intro, before settling into something that sounds like one of Paul Sabu’s better songs allowing Skinher plenty of opportunity for chugging guitar lines overlaid with call and response vocal hooks and yet another blistering solo.Throughout this record, Skinher parties like it’s 1987 and brings melodic rock and metal fans the horror themed album you have been missing from decades. This trashy horror VHS culture of the 1980s done with love, and it’s very, very good.This is a brilliant piece of retro-80s culture, so those who still love big haired thrills and melodic metal riffs that celebrate Eighties moods will certainly find “Heartstruck” simply awesome. Oh yeah, it’s also available on vinyl of course.

Line-Up:

Cons Marg - Vocals - See also: Cubical Sphere, Dustynation, Gallows Tree, Hail Spirit Noir, Infernal Storm, Epic Rock Choir, Until Rain
Kyle Skinher - Bass, Synths - See also: Hail Spirit Noir, Transcending Bizarre?, ex-Katavasia
Theoharis - Guitars
Roger Rovento - Guitars- Seea lso: Discretion
J.Demian - Guitars
Antonis Sevdalis - Guitars
Hakon Freyr Gustafsson - Drums
Sakis Bandis - Synth solo on track 4

c&p 2023 Aural Music:

Mixed and produced by Dim Douvras (Rotting Christ, Nightstalker)
Mastered in analogue by Alan Douches (Fates Warning, Motorhead)

Tracklist:

01. You Are Next! 03:58
02. The Maniac Is Back 05:42
03. Interstellar Love Hysteria 04:30
04. Night Cull 05:47
05. He Sees You 03:31
06. Self-Eating Creatures 04:31
07. Dance with the Dead 03:52
08. Josephine 03:52


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