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Dark Moor - From Hell review



Reviewer:
7.5

10 users:
6.8
Band: Dark Moor
Album: From Hell
Style: Symphonic power metal
Release date: 2003


01. From Hell
02. The Sea
03. The Mysterious Maiden

And then it's time, the time we all have been waiting for?eeh, at least the time I have waited for.
?Dark Moor's? new, their new Single I mean, the fist creation with the new lineup, that now include a male singer.
Let's take a little recap here, about what happen, for all of you that missed it.
After that ?Dark Moor? had different points of view regarding the musical direction for the next album, Elisa (vocals), Albert Maroto (Guitars) and Jorge Saez (Drums) left the band and created a new one, ?Dreamaker? (That will release their debut album early next year).
After some auditions, Enrik Garcia (Guitars) and Anan Kaddouri (Bass) decide to take the young Alfred Romero (born 1980) on vocals and completed the band with Jose Garrido (guitars) and Andy C. (drums). A new era for ?Dark Moor? has begun.

So, how does this new ?Dark Moor? sound like?
Well, it's not really ?Dark Moor? anymore, if you ask me, but that's maybe because I have always associate ?Dark Moor? with Elisa C. Martins unique vocals, and now, when Elisa isn's here anymore, ?Dark Moor? have difficulties to ride above the multitude.
But okay, this is just a single, and I guess that this will get better and better the more I listen to it. And if I shall be honest, I like this, maybe not as much as the time with Elisa, but this is good.

The music itself is more heavy now, I think maybe this lineup change have done ?Dark Moor? well on that part, and I'm looking forward to their new album, ?Dark Moor? that will be released the 24:e of November.

Well, this is a tree track single that gives us a foretaste of what shall come.
It contains one song that will be included on their new album and two exclusive tracks. One which the vocals is handled by Beatriz Albert, she have a really nice voice, and somehow I'm sorry that she didn's get the job as ?Dark Moor's? new singer, but she maybe already have a job, who knows?

I think that ?Dark Moor? has done a much better job in the production part; it sounds a lot more professional now.
Put the lyric part, at least on the single, is in the same class as before even if it's not Elisa that writes them anymore.

Killing Songs: I like them all, but it's hard to pick someone better then the other.

Written by Malcolm | 03.11.2003





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