Sin Isomer - Burst into Isomer (Review)

I really love listening to power metal and a new album in my collection - this is always a reason for joy. But this time a new not only an album, but also a project.

My rating: 82/100

Source: www.metal-archives.com

It's boring to listen to the same bands. And beginners don't have enough money for a quality recording. Well, artistic project is not only narrow-focused abilities, but also overcoming difficulties. And today we will consider a new project with strange name.

The title is strange. Okay, we can not notice project title. But album title makes you think. My specialization is related to chemistry and I know that the same substances can have different properties. For example, only L-isomers exhibit biological activity. Perhaps it's a complex associative series or something of the sort. But I can't understand what is the logic between album title and lyrics.

The album begins with the composition Quiet Sky. But only song title is "Quiet" here. First audition gives a wild, unstoppable delight. During the fifth or sixth auditions you begin to see the constructions of composition. And only after the tenth listen you begin to see shortcomings. Very powerful thing, in others projects shortcomings are visible immediately. This is because of the composer's excellent work.

Vocals are beautiful. Many Japanese girls are not friendly with high notes (Marina Hebiishi, Mardelas), and someone does can not sing (Rino Nikaidou, Aldious). But here it's noticeably different from the others. Also lirycs in English. When asian people sings in English - it's always noticeable: many Asian languages ​​are agglutinative (English - analytical type). And difference in pronunciation of sounds, difference in structure of phrase - all this is noticeable. Here it's weakly noticeable.

Instrumental especially does not stand out. Yes, there are wonderful segments, for example solo in Future King, some of bass line in Quiet Sky or violin parts at beginning of The Last Spell. But the rest are the usual patterns. Nevertheless, the composer did his job well: very well composed compositions, where even such nondescript parts look brilliant. Also well-known instrumentalists did their job: the instrumental was executed at the highest level. If you know who Tatsuo (HAKUEI), Anzi (Matenrou Opera), Hibiki (Silex / Alhambra), IKUO (BULL ZEICHEN 88 / Rayflower), then you will understand me. Of course, Hibiki could perform a bass solo, he can do it. But performance is beautiful.

Approximately the same thing we saw on Rami (ex Aldious) first solo album: it's fine, but if you start to disassemble in parts and analyze... However, it is not necessary to be super-mastery or generate very non-standard ideas. It's enough just to do your job well. This album is an example of how you can do an excellent job without ultrahigh abilities. So far this is a very rare release, which is very difficult to find. But this project will show itself to a wider audience.