KARELIA
Gothic Metal • France
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Karelia is a French dark symphonic power metal band created in 2000 by Lionel Vest (sound mastering) and Matthieu Kleiber (singer). They've released 3 albums so far: Usual Tragedy (2003), Raise (2005), and Restless (2008).
It's certainly appropriate to generally refer to Karelia's opulent music as symphonic metal. Next to driving drum parts, progressive rhythms and hard-as-nails guitar riffs, there are anthemic choir parts, hovering string arrangements and numerous cross references to the time of the great classical composers. Mind you, the world of this French band extends way beyond mere sequences of notes: Karelia create sonic images, atmospheres, haunting moods.
The fascination of their material relies on its effect of depth. Karelia's compositions are multi-layered, multi-dimensional, away from clichés or genre-typical settings, yet accessible and catchy at the same time. Raise, the second album by the quintet, demonstrates impressively how melodies, tough sounds and demanding lyrical standards can be brought
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Raise
Gothic Metal
2005
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Restless
Gothic Metal
2008
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Karelia
Gothic Metal
2000
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