HELSTAR — Nosferatu (review)

HELSTAR — Nosferatu album cover Album · 1989 · US Power Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
5/5 ·
LightningRider
Helstar reached a creative peak with their third studio album, A Distant Thunder" which was quirky and diversified much like "Deep Purple in Rock" was. The follow-up, Nosferatu, was different. It focused on the brutality of speed metal and US Power Metal, and the album was much darker because of its vampyric lyrics and more well-produced, as well as more technical. Some of the band's most incredible solos are featured on this album, notably on "Baptized in Blood" and "The Curse Has Passed Away."

Having said that, I prefer A Distant Thunde" because the album was more diverse and unpredictable. Many of the songs on "Nosferatu," while brilliantly played, sound the same. Their overall goal is shared: be a dark and well-produced metal album with neoclassical technicality.

Ironically, this is considered to be Helstar's best album because of the technicality. To say that this isn't one of US power metal's greatest technical achievements would be a fallacy. There are plenty of moments of sheer brilliance in Nosferatu that many guitar players can only hope to compose. If this artistry was paired with the variety featured on A Distant Star, it would have been US power metal's crowning achievement.
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