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Weary Angels Heart (rehearsalroom CD) Review AOR Website Nov 2003 - Score: 70 By: Andrea Bertamino A six piece coming from Holland, After The Silence release a demo cd recorded while rehearsals and so the sound is rough but it gives us an idea of what Ingrid van den Berg (vc), Willem van den Hof (gt), Ardy van Breemen (gt), Marcel van Rooij (bs), Edward van Galen (dr) and Joop de Rooij (keyb) can do. The voice is too often in second ground overcome by the other instruments (particurarly by the keyboards) so I cannot give a complete and clear opinion and more ATS cover a wide music spectrum from the quite anonimous and useless heavy rock of "King Of Hate", to the pleasant and good AOR midtempo "Let Love Surround Me" whose songwriting is equal to bands like Witness and Nexx. "Roaring Silence" changes style once again offering a melodic heavy rock with progressive hints and the male ‘growls’ are alternated to Ingrid’s voice (a little like the recent "Bring Me To Life" hit by Evanescence), while closing "Resurrection" and "Weary Angels Heart" sound next to Demon circa "Taking The World By Storm" with nice results. The good impressions must be confirmed on the long run and with a professional recording. Contacts: http://www.afterthesilence.nl , afterthesilence.rocks@hccnet.nl source: AOR Website » |