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AndrOmedA hail from that well-known metal bastion of Guatemala. Ok, I was joking, its not well known at all, but this melodic power metal quintet are in fact from that small Central American country.
The sound is very typical of a lot of South American bands, especially in the vocals provided by Adrián Méndez, with whom I can see a very strong similarity with Brazilian band Tuatha de Danann's Bruno Maia. Its quite a warm sounding voice, quite deep with occasional stretches into higher pitched territory.
There are two songs on this single. The first, Delirio, is a straightforward melodic rocker, typically mid-paced with some nice controlled guitar work towards the end which really raise the song above what would otherwise be a very average track. Its easy on the ears, one could almost say radio friendly but its quite enjoyable. The thing that I do love about it is the very audible bass line, something which a lot of European bands tend to push too low in the mix for my liking.
The second track, Detuve el Tiempo, is an instrumental track led by a nice piano and keyboard intro. The song was originally included with vocals on the 2008 album Melodías del Ocaso Perdido and to be perfectly honest the lack of vocals probably makes it better. It is a very slow track and quite touching in a way but at the same time yet again there is something that is missing. Not enough guitars perhaps? On the original version there is some nice lead guitar work leading out of the song, but here the song ends just as the guitars start. On the first track the lead guitars made the song and I feel that they would have done the same here had they been included more in this version.
Overall I don't think this is AndrOmedA pushing themselves to their limits. Both tracks are very nice, safe songs which I feel act like a very gentle introduction to the band more than showing what they are truly capable. I certainly hope this is the case anyway!
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