| CD REVIEW Firecracker |
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Band : Firecracker What an aptly named band. Upon playing this CD for the first time it seemed some sort of bomb exploded. I really didn't know how to catalogue this music at first. It seems a mix between traditional Metal, and more prog orientated stuff. This band is sprouted out of the mind of Stefan Lindholm (Vindictiv). I read somewhere that these songs already were previously released as a demo of Vindictiv, and that this is that demo, under the Firecracker monicker, but I only found this back in one source, so I daren't confirm this. Vocals were handled by Tommy Karevik from Seventh Wonder, and a good performance he gives here, even sounding like James Labrie at some times. As with a lot of prog groups, keyboards form a fundamental part of the musical layering. There are only 8 songs on this album, two of which are only instrumental, so that's 25 % of the album that's instrumental, and that, to me, is a bit too much. The songs may be quite good, but as with a lot of instrumental songs I find it gets boring after a while. You may be top musicians, but do you have to cram any trick you can play into one song? Me thinks not. "The Refrain" on the other hand is quite an unusual song, where chant and music seem to go contrary ways, but in the end it blends perfectly well together. 72/100 Erik Morren. |