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This quartet comes from Montana in the USA and their name is Onward. The label information praise them as the new star at the bombast power metal heaven. That's a little too much.
Anyway, when I listened to the album opener The Kindness Of Stranger I had to think about Pretty Maids, but this doesn't last for long. Evermoving is a guitar-driven power metal album. Responsible for the guitar-oriented metal is guitar virtuoso Toby Knapp who was signed to Mike Varney's Shrapnel Records and made himself known in the 90's with some releases. Songs like the title track, The Last Sunset and Storm Coming Soon are typical European bombast power metal combined with powerful mid-80's US metal. Some might have a problem with the vocals of Michael Grant... But at least after the 3rd spin this album shows all its beauty. Especially the midi-ballad Lost Side Of The World is a highlight on this 8 track album. It's fun to listen to the CD which has it's own dynamic, but also some weak parts....
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