Time (Reissue)
Wings Of Destiny
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August 3, 2015
Now playing proudly under the new banner of the WINGS OF DESTINY moniker, this talented band from Costa Rica is about to release its first album in a worldwide scale under a strong cooperation with the premier European label PowerProg... This is a positive but concise review for "Time" a disc composed of ten pieces, full of technically demanding but always entertaining, yet powerful and flawless slightly Symphonic Speed Metal tunes and notably a great rendition of the HELLOWEEN classic, covered with respect and creativity, namely the well known "I Want Out" from the famous and highly influential "Keeper of the Seven Keys" double disc.
The hungry and avid fans of glorious bands like HEAVENS GATE/GAMMA RAY/STRATOVARIUS or ANGRA and others like FREEDOM CALL/SILENT FORCE and countless others of this same kind, will get fair enough for their hard-earned money spend, indeed a worthy recompense for the adventurous listeners..A giant step for WINGS OF DESTINY, with this impressive debut album, a disc built on an ambitious work protocol and a modern sound design aspect, which has already found a lot of attention in the circles of experts, raising some sudden interests and surprised supporters in the guild of connoisseurs, so it created a lot of eager expectations and even curious comments & addictive behaviors in the small world of Metal aficionados... An anonymous album that will become soon reachable to everyone from South America to Asia and of course in the old continent!
Of course, the first positive signal is provided by the impressive lead singer Anton Darusso who is able to reach the higher level, on par with most of his aforementioned illustrious predecessors... The experienced senior Darusso is not a stranger in his home country of Costa Rica, and he is qualified to attract a lot of fans on his side because of his previous musical activities, indeed beside his exceptional voice and his great charismatic personality crafted step by step in being the frontman for WINGS OF DESTINY for many moons, which whom he has already proven his skills as a formidable vocal artist.
With his upcoming PowerProg Rec. debut solo album "Medicine For The Soul" (still expected for early September), DARUSSO's expand his musical scope, developping a far greater and richer stylistic range full of prowess and succeeded in performing brilliantly some more commercial stuff, especially a mix of catchy hard rocking style and emotional Rock ballads!
Back to his main band... After changing their name to DESTINY for WINGS OF DESTINY a few months ago, due to the fact that a long-established, a legendary and still active Swedish Heavy Metal band called DESTINY already exists since the early 1980s... The German label has decided to re-release this stunning debut album on a wide global state, so the new "Time" PowerProg's version, is now tagged as a "Definitive Edition", released in a physical silver platter form, upgraded with a totally new designed artwork and an additional completely new composed, recorded, mixed and mastered track called "From Shadows To The Light" featuring famous producer/Musician Marco Castro on Lead Vocals...The song "Fallen Angel" appears twice, the second time at the final slot in a new revamped version featuring none other than the great singer Roberto Tiranti from LABYRINTH/WONDERLAND fame on Lead Vocals...High profile Melodic Power Metal in coherence with the 80's but in a contemporary rendition both smoothly interconnected...This is what can be expected by the listener, and fans of this European Metallic sound influenced by the German scene will enjoy this album, already ranked among the real culminating points for 2015 in this particular style!
After the superb and highly exciting slab of releases published in 2014, the ultra active label PowerProg is about to demonstrate once again to the skeptical world -full of bitter unbelievers- that the good Metal music, is still alive and kicking today revealing in its pure and genuine integrity, that our dear Heavy Steel sound has no boundaries nor country! Another smart, clever & winning choice!
8 / 10
Excellent
"Time (Reissue)" Track-listing:
1. Wings Of Destiny
2. Fallen Angel
3. Time
4. I Saw An Angel Cry
5. From Shadows To The Light
6. Forgive But Not Forget
7. Into Black Horizon
8. I Want Out
9. Nothing Last Forever
10. Fallen Angel
Wings Of Destiny Lineup:
Anton Darusso - Lead Vocals
Andres Angulo - Drums
Alejandro Amador - Keyboards
Allan "Kalay" Murillo - Guitar
Cristian Jiménez - Guitar
Jose Pablo Sequeira - Bass
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