VALTIKAN – Exordium
Sepulchral
Silence
Before
I enter the presentation of this album, I think that some history lessons about
the band are necessary since this is their debut release. The band started in
2011 under the name DEMONHEART which soon changed into VALTIKAN. As the band
says, they took their name from the song "Mustan Valtikan Aika" of
the Finnish band, KIVIMETSÄN DRUIDI, which is a choice that they didn’t make
accidentally.
In
“Exordium” VALTIKAN offer us a melodic power metal sound that has its own
identity and most of all it has variety. In comparison with so many bands out
there that play this kind of music, VALTIKAN have variety and I dare say
identity. The whole listening process of the album is extremely interesting and
doesn’t bore you at all. I would rather say they might surprise you. The band
combines in its sound elements of traditional heavy and power metal, along with
some symphonic and even folk metal elements (when they move on the folk metal
paths they remind me a bit of the Turks KNIGHT ERRANT). I would also like to
underline that in some compositions here the band also shows some progressive
metal tendencies in the way it structures its compositions and spices up even
more the whole release.
As
for the lyrics the band is inspired by fantasy themes which are also used in a
metaphorical way and I think that fit very well in their sound.
Personally
speaking, VALTIKAN might come from Mexico, but mostly reminded me of good
Italian heavy power metal bands like DOMINE, DRAKKAR, RHAPSODY and HEIMDALL.
VALTIKAN
made a very impressive start with their debut album and I think that this is a
release that every demanding fan of melodic power metal should check out.
Nick
“Verkaim” Parastatidis
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