Vanishing Point - Distant Is The Sun

Published March 03 2014

*=Staff's pick	Beyond Redemption King Of Empty Promises Distant Is The Sun When Truth Lies Circle Of Fire* Let The River Run Denied Deliverance Story Of Misery Era Zero Pillars Of Sand As December Fades Handful Of Hopes Walls Of Silence April

Genre	Melodic Metal	Silvio Massaro	Vocals
Tracks	14	Chris Porcianko	Guitar
Running time	63 Min.	James Maier	Guitar
Label	AFM Records	Simon Best	Bass
Release	21 February 2014	Christian Nativo	Drums
Country	Australia	-	Keyboard
Producer	---
Similar artists	---

A new release from Australian melodic metallers Vanishing Point. I must first and foremost admit that I haven't heard much of this band since its second record, Tangled In Dream and it's been over thirteen years from that point. With a more powerful appearance than what I've heard previously and with a few lineup changes, this unit now returns with its fifth effort, six and a half years past the latest deal, The Fourth Season.

The boys from down under play rather traditional based melodic metal, yet the band utilizes all tools from speedier stuff down to ballads, and progressive stuff, as well as basically mid-tempo parts to make this record rather varied. The record has weaving melodies without standing out as bland or mellow and it features persistent, adequate solid metal riffs that create more roughness and more pushing and shoving to ignite this piece and to often come out on top of things. Massaro's voice is an effective weapon, but somehow I think the remainder of the instruments are situated in a rather safe position overall, mainly functioning as complement.

I mostly grow fond of the speedier tracks like for instance Circle Of Fire. When the frequency of the drums accelerates, although they are not blasting, and when the guitar jets out riffs to lift the songs to more aggressive levels, my metal heart indeed beats faster. I really wish there was more of this matter to help out to take this record to a higher and definite flourishing state. It's a good record, no doubt. I'm just looking for that last drop of completeness to fill the glass to the brim.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
7	5	7	7	6

Summary
6 chalices of 10 - Tobbe