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Galneryus - Resurrection review



Reviewer:
9.2

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8.43
Band: Galneryus
Album: Resurrection
Release date: June 2010


01. United Blood
02. Burn My Heart
03. Carry On
04. Destinations
05. Still Loving You
06. Emotions
07. Save You
08. A Far-Off Distance
09. Fall In the Dark
10. Destiny
11. The Road Goes On

After an overall tepid reception to their previous album, Reincarnation, and the following departure of vocalist Yama-B and bassist Yu-To, things were looking somewhat dark for Galneryus. Two years, a new vocalist, and a bassist later, they put out their next effort, aptly titled Resurrection, and it really does give nothing more than an absolutely enthralling experience.

The album opens with "United Blood," a rather tepid under two minute opener that doesn't seem to match up to what is offered in the following tracks. In fact, the only misstep that this album has is that, unlike their two albums to follow, the opener and closer here are rather dull and uninteresting. However, all doubt in the band slipping is completely blown out of the water with the absolute burner of the second track, "Burn My Heart", with its great song writing and explosive soloing. This song sets the pace for the rest of the album, and the great tracks just keep coming and coming. From the amazing jazz-metal fusion that is "Still Loving You", the beautiful ballad "A Far-Off Distance", and the memorable and stunning "Save You", there are no weak tracks to speak of, with the exception of the opener and closer. What really puts this album over the top, song writing and arrangement wise, is the large amount of variation of the tracks from each other. It's like a mixed bag of treats: while they all are great, they're also distinct enough that the album never grows tiring. Galneryus have a recognizable sound of their own and offer quite a few refreshing and unique ideas in this album, though at times I feel the song writing can verge on being too similar to their own back catalog on a few tracks.

The performances here are second to none as usual, with the new at the time vocalist Sho Ono delivering a grand debut. He has quite a different voice from the previous vocalist, very angelic with an incredible range, though he lacks the aggressive and unique sound that Yama-B possesses. Nevertheless, he does a brilliant job here, hitting the highs like a pro and showing a good range of emotion. What's great about Galneryus is the fact that all the band members are masters of their instruments, and they are TIGHT. Add an excellent production that does everything justice and you have one hell of a good album that delivers something unique and interesting into a sub-genre that can too often be devoid of innovation.


Rating breakdown
Performance: 10
Songwriting: 9
Originality: 9
Production: 10

Written by Skoda | 28.01.2014




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Guest review by
Luneth
Rating:
9.0
Galneryus' sixth studio album was probably going to be met with preconceived ideas, namely about the band's sound (are they shifting too greatly from their neoclassical sound that made them famous?), and the new vocalist (will he be as good/better than Yama- B?) and bassist. Truth be told, being a huge Galneryus fan myself, and a fan of the neoclassical genre in general, even I was a little anxious in hearing what they produced this time round.

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