Year : 2024
Style : Epic Heavy Metal , Power Metal
Country : Greece
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 133 mb
Info:
Desert near the end always thought of themselves as a missing link! Taking their first musical steps in the Greek metal scene of the 90’s they grew up with the great Power/Thrash bands of that era. But as the years passed they had the feeling that this sound has somehow lost its edge and so they made their mission to connect that sound with the front line of today’s metal.The band started in 2009 when bassist/songwriter Akis Prasinikas and vocalist Alexandros Papandreou, who were playing together since their school days, decided to put aside all other projects and form something that combines their mutual routes with all the influences they gathered over the years as metal fans. Since then, they have released two albums: “A Crimson Dawn” in 2011 (self-financed) and “Hunt for the Sun” in 2014 (Total Metal Records). The mastering in “Hunt for the sun” was done by John K. (Biomechanical) and received very positive reviews from Greek and international media. It scored 7/10 in Metal Hammer (GR) and 7.5/10 in Rock Hard (GER). They describe their sound as story driven Power/Thrash Metal since all their work is based on the same concept story about a man’s search for “his” real sun whose light guides and not only blinds and how this search becomes inspiration for all humanity. At the moment they have finished the production of their third album named “Theater of War” which was mixed and mastered by Tue Madsen (the Haunted, Heaven Shall Burn, Kataklysm, etc) at Ant Farm studio. The album features their most extreme approach musically and lyrically brings the story to its conclusion.
Album:
6th full-length album.There are albums that have the sonic diversity as its symbol. It’s a characteristic of some bands to have a very diverse music. By diverse I mean there are albums that are so difficult to label because the music in it changes all the time. Desert Near the End’s “End Tides of Time,” for instance, dives into Metal music world from the tides of the NWOBHM to Thrash Metal. From where I’m standing, the band that has the nearest sound is Iced Earth. There is the spirit of “The Dark Saga” in it.With that in mind it gets easier to say about “Tides of Time” whose tracks are all long and epic. To some extent, Alexandros Papandreou’s vocals does remind Matt Barlow’s. The intent is almost the same. That’s what I mean. By the way, Papandreou’s voice is pretty versatile. “Tides of Time” isn’t a concept album, but it does sound as if it were. “Burn Like the Sun, Shine Like the Dawn” proves my point perfectly. On the other hand, it was almost impossible not to headbang and sing “Mordor,” the chorus of Running Wild’s “Mordor.” So sorry, the main guitar riff of “Ascension” immeadiately addressed to it. But it’s undeniable the album’s violence and force. The music in here is pretty strong.“Tides of Time” is an album that will hold my dear child of the night’s breath. It’s an album with all the ingredients to please to most demanding metalhead from all subgenres. “Damnation,” for instance, has a featured female voice that enlightens the mood and brings the album a little bit near Symphonic Metal. Just a little bit.Desert Near the End “Tides of Time” was released on December 06th via Theogonia Records.
Line-Up:
Alexandros Papandreou - Vocals (2010-present) - See also: Dismal Sleep, ex-The Eventide
Jason Ioakeim - Guitars - See also: Fallen Arise
Spyros Vasilakis - Guitars - See also: Dissenting Minds, Fallen Arise, Lycans
Akis Prasinikas - Bass (2010-present) - See also: ex-The Eventide
Stelios Pepinidis - Drums
Tracklist:
01. City of Eternal Flame 07:44
02. Ascension 05:23
03. Oceans of Time 05:50
04. Children of Lethe 06:52
05. Half-Learned and Long Forgotten 05:59
06. Sunset Fields 05:13
07. Burn Like the Sun, Shine Like the Dawn 07:04
08. Damnation 07:46
09. In the North of Every Man's Heart.. 04:22
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