Powerworld - Powerworld

Published March 02 2008

*=Staff's pick	The Dark Creatures Lake Of Eternity* Fight Fire With Fire Signs In The Sand* I Reach The Light Dancing With Angels* Your World Is Not Mine I Died In Your Arms Breaking The Silence Don't Walk On Broken Glass Our Melody

Genre	Melodic Metal	Steffen Brunner	Vocals
Tracks	12	Barish Kepic	Guitar
Runningtime	54 Min.	-	Guitar
Label	Metal Heaven	Ilker Ersin	Bass
Release	28 March 2008	Jürgen Lucas	Drums
Country	Germany	Nils Neumann	Keyboard
Similar artists	Freedom Call, Dragonland, Dionysus

Powerworld is Ilker Ersin's (ex-Freedom Call) baby and he has collected a bunch of quite experienced members for this band (it's supposed to be a band, not a project). Barish Kepic usually handles the guitar in Jaded Heart, drummer Jürgen Lucas has been a member of At Vance and Nils Neuman has just as Ilker previously paid his duties in Freedom Call. On the vocal spot however we find a newcomer in the shape of the 23-year-old Steffen Brunner.

Powerworld live in the same neighbourhood as Freedom Call since the priority is set on extremely catchy melodies instead of heaviness. They are handling their craft quite well I must say and the album is filled with easily digestible melodies that stick like glue instantly. Lake Of Eternity for instance has a chorus that you can't get rid of once you've heard it. If you are into this type of "Metal" you are in for a treat here.

However, the voice of Steffen Brunner is quite weak and he is trying too much to sound like other power metal vocalists rather than finding his own voice so to speak. The production is also a bit too thin for my taste and since Powerworld is a quite soft band a more juicy and fat production would've been for the better in this case.

I am sure that Powerworld doesn't want to be the heaviest or most original band in the world, they just want to make great and catchy songs. On their debut album they have succeeded with this task fairly well since the number of memorable choruses is a few. This record is for all of you who like Freedom Call, don't expect Powerworld to be just as good though.