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Seven Witches - Xiled To Infinity And One


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=Staff's pick

Metal Tyrant*
Incubus*
Salvation
Xiled to Infinity and One*
Warmth of Winter
Anger's Door
Eyes of an Angel*
Pain
The Burning*
See you in Hell (Grim Reaper cover)*


Genre Heavy/Power Metal
Wade Black
Vocals
Tracks 10
Jack Frost
Guitar
Runningtime 46 Min.
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Guitar
Label Noise Records
Billy Mez
Bass
Release 25 Feb. 2002
Brian Craig
Drums
Country USA
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Keyboards
Similar artists Judas Priest, Metallica, Iced Earth, Rage

Xiled to infinity and one is the third studio-recording from USA-stationed Seven Witches.
This time front man Jack Frost (Savatage) has included ex-Crimson Glory vocalist Wade Black to his quartet which was a great move because the effects of this are nothing but excellent.
But those of you who's heard him in Crimson Glory should forget that sound almost completely because here he sings closer to something that Rob Halford does when he's using his lower register which is more than admireable.

Otherwise the overall sound is that of Jack Frost's splendid string-bending. It's nothing like Kai Hansen's cacaphony of a thousand tones at once but instead more heavy, groovy power-chords delivered in galopping-rhythms, irascible intros and interludes and a great deal of very nice hooks without making it sound the slighest monotonous.
A few a bit slower tracks also give the album a very nice atmosphere and enhances the former statement.

As a little bonus the band's also taken the dust of Grim Reaper's See You in Hell where Wade is accompanied by Annihilator vocalist Joe Comeau and on The Burning Jon Oliva of Savatage makes a guest-appearance.

For me it took a few rotations before it dawned on me that this was a very good album but it's usually those who tend to get remembered in the long run.
As long as you don't expect anything like duelling harmony-guitars and high pitch metal-screaming and instead are big fans of a more traditional metal I can't think of any reason at all why Seven Witches shouldn't be a very high priority.

See also review of: Passage To The Other Side

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7,5

 
Summary



7,5 chalices of 10 - Mat

Related links:

www.sevenwitches.net