BASTIAN – Rock of Daedalus
Underground
Symphony
Not
so long ago I presented to you the debut album of BASTIAN who took their name
from the guitarist and mastermind of the band Mr. Sebastiano Conti. In their
debut album which had the title “Among My Giants”, BASTIAN were more of a
studio project band with many participations on vocals and drums. If you check
my review you will be really impressed by the artists that participate there.
Now, on their sophomore release the band seems to have a more stable line-up
and in my opinion a hard task. They have to compete with themselves and their
very good debut album.
There
might have been some line –up changes, but musically “Rock of Daedalus”
continues from the point that the debut album left us. Once again the band
delivers tunes that are dipped in the influences of the 70’s hard rock and 80’s
melodic metal sound. It is obvious that Sebastiano’s guitar heroes are Ritchie
Blackmore and Tony Iommi. These influences, though, don’t hold him back and
force him just to pay tribute to them, instead they are his guiding light upon
which he crafts compositions that carry his own personal touch.Their
sophomore album is heavier than “Among My Giants” and yet has nice melodies and
a skillful guitar playing that never shows off and always stays focused on the
needs of the song. It is an album that not only has achieved the same level of
quality with their previous release, but it also sounds even better. It is
really hard to resist to songs that carry on in their own way the legacy of
bands like RAINBOW and BLACK SABBATH (Tony Martin era). The songs vary from
straight forward hard rock – heavy metal compositions to more lyrical epic
ones. There is also a bluesy one under the title “Smokin’ Joe”. As I said above
the skills of Sebastiano and of course the other musicians that participate
here give to this album depth and variety and the more you listen to it the
more you will enjoy.
Finally
on the vocals once again is Michael Vescera who sings here all the songs and he
really does a tremendous job. He manages to make the songs sound even more
vivid and also gives a dramatic - theatrical touch to them.
Yep,
this is an album that people who love guitar driven melodic metal should
definitely check out…
Nick
“Verkaim” Parastatidis
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