GERMÁN PASCUAL — A New Beginning (review)

GERMÁN PASCUAL — A New Beginning album cover Album · 2012 · Power Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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The wrath of metal...

Genre: modern power metal

Germán Pascual is perhaps best known in power metal circles for his work on the Swedish Christian power scene with bands like Divine Fire, Mind's Eye and Narnia, and now fans can enjoy his first solo album "A New Beginning".

Stylistically, we are dealing with modern power metal which draws both on epic melodies and crushing grooves, combining these with more traditional power metal elements. Musically, the album is happily free from the cheese and kitsch which otherwise characterizes the power metal genre. As a bonus, many of the tracks on the album have a slightly progressive twist in the form of either Tony Banks-inspired, or generally spacey, keyboards or slightly challenging time signatures.

Although a solo album by a very talented and skilled singer with an extremely powerful voice (let us not talk about the harsh vocals in 'The Wrath of God', which are a bit of an embarrassment), the instrumental aspect of the album is given just as much attention as the vocals. Thus, the listener is treated to virtuosic guitar solos, crunchy riffs and the whole kit and kaboodle. Indeed, it sounds like an album recorded by a band (plus a drum machine, sadly). But, overall, the collective musical experience provided by this album as a very positive one, I think.

The lyrics are, not surprisingly, oriented towards Christianity, and that is okay, which is not always popular in metal. Still, Pascual has the right to praise God just as much as Venom have the right to praise Satan. And, unlike an act like Golden Resurrection, Pascual's lyrics do not fall under the rubric of embarrassingly stupid Christian lyrics.

Fans of modern power metal, who are not afraid of a Christian touch, should definitely check out this massively powerful solo debut from Germán Pascual.
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