Beto Vázquez Infinity - Darkmind - review
Beto Vázquez Infinity - Darkmind - review
Tracklist
01. From Your Heart02. Kingdom Of Liberty
03. Magical Moments Of Time
04. Mystic
05. Darkmind
06. For Time Runs In My Veins
07. Sleeping In The Shadows
08. Chronicles Of A World Without Gods
09. Close Your Eyes
10. Follow The Moonlight
11. Memories Of The Reinglow
12. The Tunnel Of The Souls [bonus] [Spanish version]
A review by
Bas July 19, 2009
Olaf Thorson, Vision Divine
Sandra Schleret, Elis
Marcela Bovio, Stream Of Passion
Eddy Antonini and Kiara, Skylark
Manda Ophuis and H J, Nemesea
Pablo G. Soler
and a few more should be enough to whet the interest of most melodic metal lovers. I too was very interested when I first heard of the project of course. So the big question is; does Darkmind live up to its guest list?
The music style should be fairly obvious. This is of course female-fronted symphonic power metal, reminiscent of a mix of a lot of bands already mentioned in this review. Most of the songs are very mellow and the album has a lot of ballads, still the CD as a whole is very multi-layered. Production-wise this release is superb. At exactly the right times it feels slightly unpolished and on the parts where it should be, it's as clean as the glasses in every washing powder commercial.
I should say that in regards to the list of guest musicians mr. Vazquez could have done something better. It's also unfortunate that a couple of the guests sound very similar, the same thing is true for the three not-guest vocalists the band has. Also some more really powerful songs wouldn't have done the album any bad. Still Darkmind is a very good album. It might not sink in on the very first listen, but after a few spins, especially in quiet and peaceful moments, fans of melodic metal should be able to greatly appreciate it.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 9 |
Written by Bas | July 19, 2009
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Although I am very curious to how this album sounds... The album art looks like shit. 
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Posts: 4920 Written by Fat & Sassy! on 19.07.2009 at 21:15 For some reason I think also the music is
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Posts: 5591 Written by Fat & Sassy! on 19.07.2009 at 21:15 Well, yeah The booklet on the other hand looks really good though Written by Elio on 19.07.2009 at 21:22 Actually I thought it was really lame on first listen too, on the second and third listen I thought it was "ok" and on the fourth listen I suddenly started liking it really much
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Posts: 375 Written by Fat & Sassy! on 19.07.2009 at 21:15 Like the name of the band!!
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Posts: 5591 Written by Dominus on 28.07.2009 at 01:41 The band name is actually "Infinity", Beto Vàzquez being the mastermind behind it :  (Like "Arjen Anthony Lucassons Star One")
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I wasnt impressed by that one in any way...
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep 
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