Title: Ride the Sky
Artist: At Vance
Genre: Industrial Metal
Release Date: 18th September 2009
Label: AFM Records
Album Review
When it comes to Germany, a handful of various metal related acts have come out of their terrain one being a power metal act known as AT VANCE. The band was founded by vocalist Oliver Hartmann (ex-Centers) and guitarist Olaf Lenk (ex-Velvet Viper) in 1998. Eight being the lucky number here, the band has released their eighth album ‘Ride the Sky’ with 11 tracks to spare, a handful of those being more intense than the last. The album opens up with the title track which slowly but surly makes its way around the music building up the energy and guitar riffs and chorus lines that just float in the background.
Among the opener the rest of ‘Ride the Sky’ goes out to being a roundup of other power metal acts such as sounding very similar to epic having that mellow dramatic essence echoing in and out on ‘Salvation Day’ while ‘You And I’, ‘End Of Days’ and ‘Falling’ share their part in creating a non-stop vibration of music that overlaps each other. The lyrical themes along with the instrumental segments playing out tending to clash against each other, each one doing its own creation - overall, AT VANCE takes off to becoming a classic power metal anthem type of album that empowers the music within.
Tracklist
01. Ride the Sky
02. Torn - Burning Like Fire
03. Last in Line
04. Wishing Well
05. Salvation Day
06. Vivaldi, Summer 2nd Set
07. Power
08. You and I
09. End of Days
10. Falling
11. Farewell
Line-up
Olaf Lenk - Guitars
Rick Altzi - Vocals
Alex Landenburg - Drums
Wolfman Black - Bass
Website
http://www.at-vance.com/ / www.myspace.com/atvance
Cover Picture
Rating
Music: 8
Sound: 8
Extras: -
Total: 8 / 10
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