The Endless Agony - Anachronia

Description: Artist: Anachronia / Genre: Hard Rock & Metal

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... indulgent guitar wailing and female singers. I have a feeling it can. As could maybe be anticipated, the vocal performance takes its cues from gothic metal by juxtaposing Fay's dominant presence with support from some of the blokes, who vary between standard singing and an understated death metal growl in the "Beauty and the Beast" style of Theatre of Tragedy. Fay's singing really is a highlight of the album, which isn't often the case in female-fronted metal bands, and helps to enhance the lightly me...more

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The Endless Agony - Anachronia: Progressive Metal for Prog Haters (623 words)
by - written on 15/01/08 (Very useful, 25 readings)
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The world may not be in need of another progressive metal band with a virtuoso guitarist and a female singer, but the good thing about groups like Anachronia is their compelling drive to stand out and create original albums, rather than simply copy what Dream Theater are doing and assume that will be prog enough. 'The Endless Agony' is a really great album, clearly dominated by Thomas and Nathanaël's guitars and Fay's excellent vocals but backed up by Djp's creative use of the drum kit, the prominent bass (especially in the lengthy and frequent instrumental passages) and a keyboard that doubles up as traditional piano when required. Without the need for ... Read the complete review