FALLEN SANCTUARY - MALEVOLENT SYMMETRY
INDEPENDENT
Metal To Infinity
Finally
here it is, the new Fallen Sanctuary! You don’t know the band? Well, I can’t
blame you for it because the first album was and still is totally unknown,
nevertheless this two man project still makes me go wild. William and James
Dezarn were responsible for the fantastic debut called ”Theories Of Ruins”.
Especially “Whores Of Mammon” is a track that freaks me out time after time,
you should really search for it on the Internet! This kind of US Power / Thrash
Metal is highly wanted by me and I can’t describe how anxious I was to hear
the new one.
So
here finally is the new album and once more the band delivers us a good looking
front cover, their band logo is attractive as well and the total concept
breathes everything Metal is about! The good production is once more
ear-catching and proves how ultra professional these guys really are. Unsigned,
yes and allow me not making another statement about how disgraceful this really
is, but what I really want to say is that both brothers have Heavy Metal flowing
into their veins! Respect! 2010 delivered us great releases in Metal and this
album fits in the row of US Power / Thrash and will easily make it in my top 20.
That means “Malevolent Symmetry” is heading between “Glory Of Chaos”
(Helstar), “The Cold” (Flotsam & Jetsam), The evolution of chaos”
(Heathen) and the newbies from Death Angel, Nevermore and Forbidden. These words
must be enough to show how talented Fallen Sanctuary really is and how superb
this release sounds!
This
record is full of aggressive and melodic US Power / Thrash Metal and musical
wise it reminds me often to a mixture between (old) Annihilator, Cage, (old)
Helstar, Tempest Reign, (old) Iced Earth… Eighties Metal still rules but also
Fallen Sanctuary found the secret to made this kind of music sound modern. The
riffs are razor sharp and the arrangements are so hard hitting that it is
impossible to be not touched by them! Fallen Sanctuary is heavier than before
but both brothers stayed focused in writing good structured yet true songs with
everything in them Heavy Metal needs!
I
hear emotional played forceful ripping guitar solos, incredible technical played
drums with spectacular double bass parts, high
energetic and technical played arrangements, flowing guitar and vocal harmonies,
colossal riffs and powerful vocals with – what did you expect - high pitched
screams!
William
is responsible for the vocals, guitar and bass and his brother James was behind
the drums, is an axe man too. William’s voice is not incredible spectacular
‘an sich’ if we only mention the vocal sound but he knows how to sound
varied and that’s why I really adore the vocals on this album. High screams,
grunts, low voices and clear strong vocals can be heard on this record and
therefore I bow my head deep for what this guy did (again)! His vocal lines are
melodic, with a constantly aggressive undertone and darkness is all over! This
release is as a matter of fact full of threatening and mysterious sounding
tracks. My favorite ones are of course “The Quaternary Code”, “Blessed
Afflicted By Man”, ”Enemy”, “Perjury Of Thought” and especially the
closing track “The Thrall Contagion”.
It
is so hard to believe both man played every single instrument so perfectly on
this record. For a part it’s a pity this isn’t a full band! Nevertheless I
believe Fallen Sanctuary hits stages and I am really longing to see them in
Europe one day! This record guarantees you a wide range from Heavy Metal anthems
to Thrashing monstrosities all over Progressive elegies and the band worked hard
to ensure that these elements are recognizable. Fallen Sanctuary easily seduces
fans of technical played Eighties US Metal and every fan of the bands I’ve
mentioned before will easily be under the spell of “Malevolent Symmetry”.
If
labels won’t offer the band what they really deserve I fear that Fallen
Sanctuary will be another band that released an undiscovered gem. It will be one
of those records you will desperately search for on the future if you don’t
order it now! This is how Heavy Metal should sound and Fallen Sanctuary proves
how much goodies are to discover behind the surface. As I’ve said before 2010
gave us plenty of fantastic Thrash Metal releases but all from kind of famous
bands. From the underground came several fantastic releases and in that row
Fallen Sanctuary fits the crown! If I would make a top 20 of underground
releases from this year Fallen Sanctuary would easily win the conquest. Nothing
but really nothing can hold you to purchase this one at http://www.fallensanctuary.com.
My Points: 95 / 100 (Review by Officer Nice)