MARIO'S METAL MANIA
(Holandia)

 

This album has already been released in 2006. And according the myspace page of the band they already released a follow up to this album in 2008. You ask us what's the point reviewing an album that is already been out for 3 years. The answer is simply: Every release deserves to be reviewed, new or old we don't care. Something I do care for is the ridiculously bad written biography of the band. It is well known that most Polish people don't speak or write English very well (ask Mario) but this tops everything. A few examples: "The group cames from Debica and it has been less known face on a native musical stage" or "But they it were not unfortunately commensurate to situation in team" and so the biography goes further. Grammatically a mess. Lyrics are lacking so I can't tell you if they are as bad as the biography but titles as "A Hand Of A Dead" don't predict much hope. Over to the music now since that is more important than words in my opinion. Valinor plays symphonic black metal with lots of melodic parts in it. The band operates with two guitarists but unfortunately they are too low mixed in the sound which is dominated by drums, vocals and keyboard parts. Something positive is that Valinor knows how to write a compact song although their sound is done by others far more better. It is with the instrumental songs: "Hidden beauty" and the epilogue where the skills of Valinor come flooting. Both pieces are very dramatic sounding and I hope the band will continue writing songs in this style in the future. For know this record is o.k. but will easily drown in the shitload of releases concerning our beloved scene because of the absence of originality.

Author: Dennis van Dommelen
Note: 65/100