Beautiful Sin - The Unexpected - review
Beautiful Sin - The Unexpected - review
Tracklist
01. Lost02. This Is Not The Original Dream
03. Take Me Home
04. I'm Real
05. The Spark Of Ignition
06. Colser To My Heart
07. Give Up Once For All
08. Brace For Impact
09. Pechvogel
10. Metalwaves
11. The Beautiful Sin
12. Le Rêve Originel [Europe Ltd Ed bonus]
13. She Is Made Of Rain [Japan Ltd Ed bonus]
14. Hidden Track [Europe Ltd Ed bonus]
A review by
Jeff May 22, 2006
"The Unexpected" is an album of Melodic Power Heavy Metal but it's also a bit progressive. You know, when you have in your line up some guys of Masterplan with in addition, Jorn Viggo of Pangan's Mind, it's not really surprising. Well, the music of Beautiful Sin is not so far away of Masterplan on a side, but the big difference is that it is a lot more direct and evidently? we have a female singer here. I'm sure that you'll quickly understand that Beautiful Sin is a "rock" band, I mean that their music is powerful as hell and extremely catchy. Some songs like "Lost" or "Pechvogel" are simply Heavy Metal hits and their structures have this little touch of aggressively that a lot of Metalheads enjoy. It's "sharpy" like a razor and let's be honest, the amazing voice of Magali helps a lot on this point. But well, there are also some cool progressive songs that will remind you the sound of Pagan's Mind and Masterplan. "Metalwaves' with its important Keyboards background is probably the best proof of the progressive side of Beautiful Sin. "The Unexpected" is not linear, this is a varied album.
The cover is great, the production (like with 99% of the bands that come from Germany) is perfect but I cannot talk about this album if I didn't talk about Magali Luyten. I know that the Symphonic Metal female singers bore some of you but I really hope that you're not doing any amalgam with Magali. She is a Heavy Metal singer! She has a really nice hoarse voice (a bit like Skin of Skunk Anansie) and believe me, it's good to listen to this kind of singer nowadays. First because it's new and uncommon and second because it proves that female singers into Metal can do others stuff than Gothic or Symphonic music. Magali doesn't suffer of any comparison with the others guys who sing in the same category, at the opposite she gives a lot of others things and possibilities to the music through her original voice and that's classy.
If you like Uli Kusch and Masterplan, if you like Heavy Metal and want to discover an amazing singer, I really recommend you all to have a look on this album. "The Unexpected" is an excellent surprise and I really hope that Uli and his mates will release a lot of others albums. Highly recommend.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 9 |
| Production: | 10 |
Written by Jeff | May 22, 2006
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"...and extremely catchy" true, true.. Nice review but one think, 9 for originality? What about first song - "Lost". I can hear "Sun is going down" from "Helloween" in it (If I see "brilliant originality" I expect something really originally) Please take me easy, peace.
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ive not heard this album, but would like to very much from the review this sounds like a good album, and this could possibly be where Uli puts all his attention now he isnt tied with Masterplan
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I'm listening to this for the first time and Jeff, I agree completely with your review! I definitely sense the comparison to Masterplan... really involved, connected, emotionally beautiful heavy metal. And the vocalist!! I didn't even realize it was a woman until I was reading this review during the first song, lol. Yeah, she's great, not just for a chick but for a singer of METAL.
---- "A life all mine Is what I choose At the end of my days" --The Gathering "A Life All Mine" from Souvenirs
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Well i recently discovered this album and i find that it pretty much rocks and sounds fresh, Magali Luyten has a very strong voice which suits this type of metal well, and of coarse Jorn Lofstad of Pagan's Mind on guitar is superb. I really look forward to their next release as i'm sure it will also be great. I can see this will probably become very well known like W.T or Epica Or Nightwish ect.
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I don´t think that they will be releasing any other album anymore... Uli now is into his new Project- band (whatever)... dont remember the name now...
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Amazing band, magali's voice is amazing, i hope they release a new album soon, if they carry on they have a lot of future in Metal. this album is a must have for every Power Metal fan.
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