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Unrestricted
(AFM Records - 2010)
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After three years from Become Death, Andy B. Franck and his Symphorce guys are back with another album called Unrestricted, another chapter full of melodic / modern metal songs!!! And also this time their formula just reach immediately our brains with their nice choruses and melodies. This new Unrestricted album shows us how Symphorce change but how they remain the same, a strange concept to explain, but for every fan it's easy to understand!!! |
Twice Second
(Metal Blade - 2004)
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This is the 4th album of the band from Southern Germany. Last year they offered Phorcefulahead which already showed the potential of this quintet very well. Now they are back with Twice Second. Between the 2 Symphorce albums singer Andy B. Franck recorded and released Soul Temptation with his second band Brainstorm. It's obvious that he's one of the best German power metal singers and it seems that he's creativity is unlimited. Again the band with Freedom Call guitarist Cedric Dupont - okay, he was in Symphorce before he joined Freedom Call - present a great power metal album with some thrash influences. The production is very powerful and so the songs hit you straight, listen to e.g. Face Of Pain and Whatever Hate Provides. The songs cover a broad variety and especially singer Andy shows what range his vocal chords can cover. The guitar-driven Cause Of Laughter and the dark, atmospheric, almost morbid refrain of Take What's Mine are some of the highlights. Well, all songs are excellent. Just killers! Even the last track - the epic ballad Cry On My Shoulder - is convincing. |
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This is the 3rd release of the melodic power metal band of singer Andy B. Frank. The former Ivanhoe singer is busy with Brainstorm, but still finds time to continue with Symphorce. Opening with Speak My Mind, a mid-tempo tune starting off with only guitars. But after almost a minute is become a heavy rocker. Very groovy and very heavy. Heavier then I remember them... A dark atmosphere is added by Andy's vocals, but it gets more melodic metal with the bridge / refrain. A song which gives a good impression of Symphorce anno 2002. The following Unbroken is more up-tempo and straight ahead - musically closer to Brainstorm then the opener. With Longing Home they start a bit more traditional... A heavy metal vibe, but with more powerful parts and also some slower parts - here almost hard rock-like and focussed on Franck's voice. This track covers everything from heavy rock to power metal, but very well done. Only the twin guitar solo isn't keeping up the good impression.... A fast double bass drum-based track is Moving In Circles which probably is a good example for the faster side of Symphorce. Even if I think that the mid-tempo tunes like Falling Through Again are more interesting, but here they use tempi changes to flee the uniformity. This also gives frontman Andy B. Franck more space to express emotions. Beside that the mid-tempo ones are still very heavy. The track Rage Of Violence is another one I can recommend to check out, here they present all the elements of their sound. |
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There debut was called Truth To Promise and the critics gave good notes... Now Andy B. Franck and his friends are back with Sinctuary! The new album is better! It's obvious that they are a band now which works together for a while. The songs offer fast melodic power metal... Or call it what ever you want! |
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