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Tuatha De Danann - Trova Di Danú review



Reviewer:
8.9

82 users:
8.51
Band: Tuatha De Danann
Album: Trova Di Danú
Style: Celtic folk metal
Release date: August 2004


01. Bella Natura
02. Lover Of The Queen
03. Land Of Youth
04. De Danann's Voice
05. The Land's Revenge
06. Spellboundance
07. Believe: It's True!
08. The Arrival
09. Oghma's Rheel
10. Trova Di Danú
11. The Wheel

Tuatha De Danann comes from Brazil and plays a nice Celtic Folk Metal and? that's a bit weird isn't it? Well at least that's original, but it doesn't mean that it will be bad, at the opposite and actually Tuatha De Danann proves album after album, that they certainly are one of the most impressive acts of the Folk Metal scene.

"Trova Di Danu" is re-edited here in France by Underclass Records but actually this album was released in autumn 2004, but now at least we have the luck to see listen to it here in Europe. Every Folk Metal fans should know this excellent band that is improving each time that we have the luck to listen to one of their new album. If you know their precedent release, the EP "The Delirium Has Just Began..." you must know that we have an important difference on the new album because if we can find the same musical spirit, we don't have any more Death vocal on the "Trova Di Danu" and above all, this time the songs aren't that dark. The ambiance on "Trova Di Danu" is clearly more clear and happy, it can maybe sound a bit pop sometime (that's certainly the only little problem of the CD) but we have a lot of good feelings when we listen to this album, yes this is this kind of music that can give smiles.

Also, it's really easy to see that the band is getting more and more musical maturity, I mean that all the songs are a bit more complex and well written and when it comes to the production that's also excellent and clearly better. The cover is always in the same spirit as the precedent albums but the sound this time is perfect, really professional. Congratulation guys?

Well, this album is just full of emotions, and Bruno Maia the talented main compositor of the band just proved to us one more time that Tuatha De Danann is just one of the leaders of the Folk Metal scene. If you like this music, believe me it's true, this album is nothing more than a real masterpiece. Then ok, maybe that some of you will regret the lack of aggressiveness sometime but the others know what they'll have to do right now, buy "Trova Di Danu" or die!!!

Written by Jeff | 09.05.2005




Comments

Comments: 5   Visited by: 101 users
21.06.2006 - 15:45
Rating: 8
Promonex
Cathemeral
No death metal vocals? What you'd call the vocals in "The Arrival" then??
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11.07.2006 - 23:36
Talvi

Very nice and calmed celtic rock/metal. I like it
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12.07.2006 - 17:55
GT
Coffee!!
Just got the album...liked most of the tracks, but some were a little boring.
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26.06.2007 - 00:59
Rating: 7
ãtuã

The music does seem more mature in trova di danu than in their previous albums, but I really preffer the old Tuatha. I was actually quite dissapointed with TDD...
I hope they can come back with their old, heavier style. It sounded much better!:banger:
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12.04.2008 - 05:41
Uirapuru
Liver Failure
''Tuatha De Danann comes from Brazil and plays a nice Celtic Folk Metal and? that's a bit weird isn't it? Well at least that's original...''
well, tuatha de danann is everything but original... its a great band, who plays good songs and everything.. but i never get tired of say: Why can't they play folk metal with brazillian themes?? since they're a brazillian band.
how many celtic metal bands are out there? thousands... and how many that play brazillian indigenous folk? i can count in my fingers... i'll never understand... (i love celtic metal... but i prefer when the band shows a little respect to the culture of its homeland).
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