Year : 2014
Style : Power Metal
Country : Japan
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 112 mb
Bio:
Formed in 2010, full-scale start-up in 2011 , 2011 released December 3, 1st demo mini album "Ability Code" 2012 inaugural event organized to continue current "Melodic Arts" in the May 27 the same year 2nd demo mini album " released a blank folder " to strengthen at a stretch metal color turning to. → gt. ba of Task, Support join vo.Yu-ta and Fukuoka Golden Bomber FC tour was held at Zepp Fukuoka in October 7 also to broaden the range of activities, such as serving the backing band of Narcissus Kenji impersonate barrel Bishu Kenji at performances in 2013 officially join Yu-ta of the vocals in January 31 1st Single "Arising for the faith" was released, many J- attract METAL fan to extend dramatically the visibility repeat performances in Tokyo and Osaka also in 2014 had been repeatedly members change many, but leading to lineup of current by ba.Yoshio join July 23, 1st finally and released Album from "Birthplace of Emperor" SPIRITUAL BEAST this album was produced celebrated luxury guest (AZRAEL, Prophesia) and YAMA-B (ex-Galneryus, GUNBRIDGE), AKIRA It has gained a high reputation in various places hell so far played with many artists quartet, THE CYCLE, LIGHTNING, MinstreliX, GYZE, etc. I have continue to create a strong music to the axis Melodic Power & Speed Metal
Album:
GAUNTLET will release its long-awaited debut full-length album entitled "Birthplace Of Emperor", on July 23rd, 2014 via Spiritual Beast. Not to be pretentious, but these days I find fairly straightforward music hard to get into. Not that everything needs to be experimental or avant-garde, but rather I like it when some band has a unique quirk that makes their material unmistakably theirs. In comparison to most of what I listen to, Gauntlet is fairly standard. For once, I can just file Birthplace of Emperor under "power metal" without having to scratch my head over genre hops or result to the bullshit "jrock" tag. Despite the normalness of the music, the group does bring some interesting things to the table.After listening to 5 seconds of Beyond the Wall, it's pretty obvious which band Gauntlet is aping. Birthplace of Emperor sounds a lot like the first two Galneryus albums. Ripping off of Galneryus isn't exactly easy, and they do it rather well. The glorious, victorious feeling is there. There's a strong presence of keys, but it's never overbearing since the focus is the riffs. Even Yu-ta basically sounds like a higher-pitched version of Yama-B. He can let out some really nice wails and carry choruses with the necessary over-the-top delivery. Those sensitive to bad English might want to stay away. As the album title suggests, there's bad grammar and mauling of the English language everywhere in this album. For me, Yu-ta's accent is so bad that I have no idea what he's saying 99% of the time anyway, so it comes off as a foreign language anyway which really ends up being a good thing. Overall, I find his vocal performance to be quite impressive, and some of the notes he hits are pretty far up there.But let's not kid ourselves here. The main reason why Gauntlet works is the guitars. One of the reasons why copying Galneryus is hard is because you actually have to be really damn good at guitar. Fortunately, Task and Yasu are a textbook example of an awesome power metal duo. The two play crazy riffs and leads together in the typical melodic, shredding style. All of the solos here are really well-executed, and there's no shortage of impressive guitarwork on the album. As icing on the cake, Yoshio, the bassist, occasionally joins in on some of the solo and lead work by adding in some tapping parts or a good bassline. I would have liked a lot more from the bass department, but it's better than nothing.Unfortunately, Gauntlet is just not nearly as good as Galneryus. Perhaps this is my fault for listening to bands that genrehop all the time, but Gauntlet plays exactly the same style for the entire album minus the short ballad at the end, and it gets a little stale. Galneryus always knew how to mix things up and keep their albums from feeling tiring despite the fact that they often clocked in well over an hour. Birthplace of Emperor is admittedly pretty one-dimensional. With the exception of the intro track and the ballad, everything here is extremely fast power metal with riffs and leads everywhere. Don't get me wrong, they pull it off really well, and I totally understand anyone thinking I'm crazy for trying to call this a fault. But honestly, I just find it all to sound pretty samey near the end. I doubt throwing in a random jazz track would help anything, but variation is the biggest thing this album lacks.
Line-Up:
Yu-ta - Vocals
Yasu - Guitars
Task - Guitars
Yoshio - Bass
Takaki - Drums
Tracklist:
01. The Arousal 01:32 instrumental
02. Beyond the Wall 05:53
03. In My Life 04:30
04. Arising for the Faith 04:18
05. Lead Us 06:04
06. Journey Over the Decade 05:57
07. Garden of Vengeance 05:39
08. 'til the Seasons Rush Away 04:29
09. Spread Your Wings (BoE Ver.) 05:08
10. The Day After... 03:52
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