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Weary Angels Heart (rehearsalroom CD) Review Metal Maidens Dec 2003 - Score: - Metal Maidens Magazine #34 Dec 2003 By: Toine van Poorten What we have here is nothing official, and it's a only very rough impression of the Dutch band AFTER THE SILENCE. The five songs on this rehearsal CD have a total playing time of about twenty-five minutes, and my first impression of this band is overwhelming. The songs contain a lot of great and inventive speed and mood changes, the vocals are clear and powerful, and the band members know how to handle their instruments. A good example is opener "King Of Hate", which is one of my favorite songs on the CD. In "Let Love Surround Me", female vocalist Ingrid van den Hof-van den Berg reminded me a bit of BONNIE TYLER. And I'd really like to compliment both guitar players Willem van den Hof and Ardy van Breemen, because their solos sound really good. Drummer Edward van Galen opens the third track, which is called "Roaring Silence". Here we hear the more brutal vocals of bass player Marcel van Rooij. It's nice to hear a band, that has stepped away from the death grunt/angel like vocals structure, although they do use some brutal vocals in their songs. I would like to categorise AFTER THE SILENCE as a melodic, progressive rock band, from which I expect much in the near future. It's nice to hear that there are still bands playing melodic rock music. And it's also very brave of course not to jump on the gothic rock bandwagon, that lies miles ahead in popularity, comparing it to the melodic rock scene. "Resurrection" opens as a ballad, but becomes a more up tempo rock song after a while, with the brutal vocals of Marcel again, and some nice mood changes. The CD closes with the title track "Weary Angels Heart", another long epic which shows us what this band is all about. I had a great time listening to this five track rehearsal CD, and I hope to hear their official studio CD soon, because this band sounds very promsing indeed. LINE UP: Ingrid van den Hof-van den Berg (lv), Willem van den Hof (g), Ardy van Breemen (g), Marcel van Rooij (b/v), Edward van Galen (dr), Joop de Rooij (keys) ADDRESS: AFTER THE SILENCE, c/o Rotskruiper 5, 3435 RV Nieuwegein, The Netherlands EMAIL: afterthesilence.rocks@hccnet.nl WEBSITE: www.afterthesilence.nl source: Metal Maidens » |