Unisonic - Light Of Dawn

Published August 04 2014

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Genre	Melodic Metal	Michael Kiske	Vocals
Tracks	13	Kai Hansen	Guitar
Running time	60 Min.	Mandy Meyer	Guitar
Label	earMusic	Dennis Ward	Bass
Release	01 August 2014	Kosta Zafiriou	Drums
Country	Germany	-	Keyboard
Producer	Dennis Ward
Similar artists	---

Unisonic's sophomore album and things have changed a little since before. Light Of Dawn is more attacking overall than the self titled effort, released in 2012. As a whole, a little faster material has been set to action in favor of more mellow stuff, as far as I'm concerned. A lot of the stuff on the latest record was easily labeled as common hard rock, but this new release indicates an involvement of a more metallic orientation as well.

It's far from a total make-over and I should point out that it's definitely not heavy, but it runs in a more melodic form of metal with a little power metal on top. The record roughly includes faster tracks, songs in mid-tempo, semi-ballads and ballads, which in the end comes out as a pretty satisfactory diversity, even though I personally think that they could have cut off some of the placid things. The band has also focused more on the guitars, including riffs, licks and solos. A few songs and specifically the faster ones stand out a little, even if the entire record holds a good standard all throughout.

I have always been a sucker for Michael Kiske's voice and in my point of view his efforts still stand strong until this day. The songwriting is naturally adapted to suit his style and when having his abilities around, anything else would be just ignorant and stupid. Overall, I think that this record is just as good as the debut album, or in fact even slightly better. It's nothing groundbreaking, but it feels fresh and viable and I believe Unisonic has come to stay.

See also review of: Live In Wacken , Unisonic , Ignition

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
7	4	7	8	7

Summary
7 chalices of 10 - Tobbe