IDEAL PAIN – Mask
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Recently
we had the Greek carnival festivities and masquerade plays an essential role to
them. Also the mask played a great role in the ancient Greek dramas. Behind it
the actor could hide his/her own characteristics and play someone else. The
mask generally became a symbol which literally or symbolically is used from
people in order to hide their emotions and thoughts or even reveal them. We can
talk for hours about that subject which also inspired IDEAL PAIN and this way
gave the title to their debut album.
Behind
IDEAL PAIN hide two musicians one of whom under the name “Heretic” is known to
us who are into the Greek metal underground scene. He is also the guitarist of
ADMONISHER (I can recommend their debut album “Face the Axe” to all the epic
metal fans out there). Sandra Kakioni on the other hand is introduced to me for
the first time here and she is the singer. From her bio I can see that she has
a passion for music and dance (she has done studies on both) and of course
loves heavy metal (and I think on that we have to congratulate her brother
hehe). So, IDEAL PAIN is the project band of these 2 musicians.
Musically
now IDEAL PAIN are a mixture of rock and metal sounds that emphasize on melody.
The band through its music creates emotions of melancholy and nostalgia. I
could say that IDEAL PAIN move between the melodic metal and gothic rock sound.
Also the keyboards give, in my opinion, to the sound of the band an 80’s touch.
Also Sandra’s vocals fit very well on the whole sound and enhance the
atmosphere they create. The guitars also create nice melodies and good solo and
lead parts that give to “Mask” more depth and detail. Finally the production is
very clear and it has a natural sound that helps you enjoy all the details of
the album.
For
a first album IDEAL PAIN show they know their sound well and have ideas they
can transform into songs. I am not a big fan of the atmospheric/gothic metal
sound, but I think that those who are attracted by this genre, will find here
an interesting album to listen to.
Nick
“Verkaim” Parastatidis
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