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11/11/2011 : SOLITUDE - Brave The Storm

SOLITUDE

Brave The Storm

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Heavy Metal

[77/100]   

Fastball
11/11/2011, Didier PIETERS

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Heavy Metal Thunder!

Metal on your favorite website? Why not? Hot stuff I should add … Head-banging and air guitar moves at 8 pm, travelling to work by train … Kind of embarrassing but hey … I was having a great time, so …

Solitude is a Japanese Heavy-Metal quartet, heavily influenced by NWOBHM-bands like Saxon and Iron Maiden. “Brave The Storm” is their second album, the follow-up to 2001’s “Virtual Image”.

Label? FASTBALL!

Solitude's current lineup?

Akira Sugiuchi (ex-SACRIFICE): Vocals
Toru Nishida (ex-SACRIFICE): Bass
Shingo Ida: Guitars
Takamasa "MAD" Ohuchi (ex-ANTHEM): Drums

Quiet acoustic intro’s, obligatory guitar solos (of high quality), typical vocals (a tad lower maybe), strong melodies, heroic lyrics, breaks, … You’re getting the picture by now I guess? Great stuff “from the old days”, be it with a slightly modern touch …

If you’re into bands like Saxon, Maiden, Trust, Hammerfall, Iced Earth, Judas Priest … you can buy “Brave The Storm” without hesitation. I guess it’s no coincidence that the last song on the album is a Saxon cover: “Rainbow Theme - Frozen Rainbow”. Solitude-members are known to be huge Saxon fans, as am I!

Best tracks? Strong opener “You were all of my Life”, can be mentioned. Other highlights? The instrumental “Head Wind”: Solitude rocking like hell! Fantastic! Fifteen again! What a flashback! NEVER SURRENDER! Also the tense title-track, great guitar solo included (as on many songs on “Brave the Storm), is worth mentioning. 1 more? “Falling Down”, check it out below! Solitude clearly knows how to rock. Tracks 4 to 6, on the other hand, are much less appealing to me.

Other weak links? The vocals perhaps? Average to good seems to be a defendable verdict … Dated? Maybe sometimes … but that’s when I like Solitude most! Clichés are there to be cherished, aren’t they?

“Brave The Storm” will seldom be leaving my laptop in the next couple of days!

Solitude … certitude …

Didier PIETERS
11/11/2011


NL

Heavy Metal Thunder!

Metal op uw favoriete site? Waarom ook niet? Straf spul nog ook! Een stevige hap zware metalen gaat er altijd in, absoluut! Headbangen en luchtgitaartoestanden op de trein, om acht uur ‘s morgens, ’t is geen zicht en zelfs een beetje gênant, maar kom …

SOLITUDE (in een vorig leven SACRIFICE) is een Japans Heavy Metal-viertal dat met “Brave The Storm” zijn 2de CD op de wereld loslaat. De voorganger, “Virtual Image” dateert al van 2001.

Solitude's lineup?

Akira Sugiuchi (ex-SACRIFICE): Vocals
Toru Nishida (ex-SACRIFICE): Bass
Shingo Ida: Guitars
Takamasa "MAD" Ohuchi (ex-ANTHEM): Drums
 
Label van dienst? Het onvolprezen FASTBALL.

Rustige akoestische intro’s, losbarstend gitaargeweld, de obligate en wat mij betreft sublieme solo’s halfweg, typerende zang (of eigenlijk een octaafje of 2 lager), sterke melodieën, heroïsche teksten, breaks, tempowisselingen … U snapt het al … Great stuff en ook wel “werk uit de oude doos”, zij het met wat moderne toetsen en een vette productie.

Liefhebbers van Saxon, Maiden, Trust, Hammerfall, Iced Earth, Judas Priest … kunnen “Brave The Storm” blindelings aanschaffen. Het zal trouwens wel geen toeval zijn dat met een Saxon-cover wordt afgesloten: “Rainbow Theme - Frozen Rainbow”. Dat getuigt van goede smaak en de Solitude-versie mag er best zijn.

Beste tracks? “Brave The Storm” opent sterk met “You were all of my Life”. Andere toppers? De instrumental “Head Wind”: Solitude rocking like hell! Fantastisch! Fifteen again! Wat een flashback! Wat een drive! NEVER SURRENDER! Ook de strakke titelsong met (een constante op dit album) mooi solowerk, zorgt voor de nodige commotie. “Falling Down” rockt lustig verder: check it out below … Solitude kent zijn vak, zoveel is zeker. Jammer genoeg kent de CD ook een dipje: tracks 4 tot en met 6 kunnen mij niet echt bekoren.

Andere zwakke schakels? De zang misschien? Middelmatig tot goed lijkt me een rechtvaardig verdict. Gedateerd? Soms wel, maar dan vind ik ze net op hun best! Clichés in een, bij momenten nieuw, modieus jasje, daar trekken wij onze neus niet voor op! Clichés zijn er om te koesteren, toch?

“Brave the Storm” zal de komende dagen mijn laptop zelden verlaten! 

Solitude … certitude …

Didier PIETERS
11/11/2011


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