This label really impresses me : after Accomplice (surprise of metalreviews.com
recently), here comes another wonderful band called Aztec Jade. The
tittle Paradise Lost has given me this image : "Here comes
a new gothic metal band".
No, no, no, not at all. Aztec Jade is playing melodic hard rock with
some prog elements here and there and it ... rocks. Nothing really
new, but the song-writting is good (nice chorus) and the singer really
knows how to activate the attention of the listener. Of course we
cannot say those guys are following the trend and they will need lot's
of pearls like this one to wake up the hard rock kids out there. But
with songs like Regatta Fugue Part 1 (what an opener !) all
fans of Marillion can jump on this one ... blindly. Now I should say
it is a "power-metal" Marillion's influenced band and they
need to "digest" that, but overall this is a very catchy
album, full of melody. A bit too long may be (17 songs - 73'10 !)
as Aztec Jade should have kept their best songs only. Anyway, this
is again a nice surprise from Adrenaline Records.
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