GABRIELS - Fist of the Seven Stars
Act 1 - Fist of Steel
Diamonds
Prod
GABRIELS
is the personal musical project of the Italian piano/keyboard composer of the
same name. From the bio that I have in my hands I have to say that I am
impressed by the studies that Gabriels has done on his instrument and more
specifically the fact that he has participated in many bands, cooperated with
many known musicians (Fabio Leone amongst them) and played a variety of musical
styles and genres.
His
new release is a rock/metal opera, which is something that we are used to lately
in the metal scene you might say, but the concept story of this album is based
on a known manga (Japanese comic book) which has the title “Hokuto no
Ken”. It is a story of revenge and
martial arts which will be completed in 3 albums.
Musically,
now, GABRIELS combines many different styles in this album and manages to craft
solid compositions from them. Personally speaking I would say that the album
belongs to the heavy/power metal genre, but its boundaries expand in other
genres too, like hard rock (there are some strong URIAH HEEP, DEEP PURPLE
moments here), progressive metal and even pop music. Gabriels moves very
naturally from one genre to the other and manages to keep the album homogeneous.
The
new release of GABRIELS is a very interesting album with a plethora of details
that give to it more depth and variety. I think that people who are into
symphonic rock/metal will find here something good to listen to. My only
objection is the sound production of the album which could have been clearer
and more dynamic.
Nick
“Verkaim” Parastatidis
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