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Almada, Portugal |
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Progressive Metal |
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Page online:
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January 5, 2019
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Last update/review:
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January 5, 2019
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Earth Electric
This is an odd one.
The driving force here is guitarist Rune Eriksen (stage name
Blasphemer),
a major player in
Mayhem
for years as well as
Aura Noir
and several other bands.
This project goes in a quite different direction, as the music
mixes a variety of prog and metal guitar styles with
dominant Hammond organs
(like an ultra-heavy
Deep Purple),
but then over the top are ethereal soprano vocals from one Carmen
Simoes, with whom Eriksen has collaborated with in yet another band,
Ava Inferi.
It's an incongruous pairing -- it's not that another vocalist
(a classic prog metal vocal, or even a modern growler) would necessarily
be better than Carmen (she has a wonderful voice), but it would be more
expected.
But this is more of an observation than a complaint --
Vol 1: Solar (released in 2017, and to date their only album)
is a highly original album, even if not for everyone.
Former Members/Guests
Dan Knight (guest)
keyboards
Discography
Vol. 1: Solar
2017
Season Of Mist
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- Mountains & Conquerors (Pt. 2)
- The Endless Road
- Meditate. Mediate
- The Great Vast...
- Set Sail (Towards the Sun)
- Solar
- Sabbatical Moons
- Earthrise
- Sweet Soul Gathering
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Carmen Susana Simoes
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Rune Eriksen
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Alexandre Ribeiro
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Dan Knight
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Ricardo Martins
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