• New Music Reviews
• |
• Archives
• |
• News
• |
• Submissions
• |
• About
• |
• 
• |
• 

December 2024

• After Lapse: Pathways
• Illusion Force: Halfana
• Powell-Payne: Voilá

November 2024

• Sunstorm: Restless Fight
• Storace: Crossfire
• Voodoo Circle: Hail To The King
• Lionville: Supernatural
• Starchaser: Into The Great Unkown
• Empires Of Eden: Guardians Of Time
• Lonerider: Down In The Dust
• Seventh Crystal: Entity
• Neal Morse & The Resonance: No Hill For A Climber
• Beardfish: Songs For Beating Hearts
• Impellitteri: War Machine
• Brothers Of Metal: Fimbulvinter

October 2024

• Casandra's Crossing: Garden Of Earthly Delights
• DGM: Endless
• Daytona: Garder la Flamme
• Fate: Reconnect 'N Ignite
• Frost*: Life In The Wires
• Aries Descendant: From The Ashes Of Deceit
• Fans Of The Dark: Video
• Radioactive: Reset
• House Of Lords: Full Tilt Overdrive
• Cleanbreak: We Are The Fire

September 2024

• Sinner's Blood: Dark Horizons
• Serious Black: Rise Of Akhenaton
• Eclipse: Megalomanium II
• SteelCity: Reverence
• Hydra: ReHydrated
• Heartwind: III
• Gabrielle De Val and the Dragonlords: Tiger
• Find Me: Nightbound
• The Nail: The Nail
• Timeless Fairytale: A Story To Tell
• Stryper: When We Were Kings
• Phil Mogg: Moggs Motel
• Pure Reason Revolution: Coming Up To Consciousness
• Jordan Rudess: Permission To Fly

August 2024

• Siege Perilous: Creation's Call EP
• Paralydium: Universe Calls
• Mike Tramp: Songs Of White Lion Vol. II
• Bite The Bullet: Looking For Paradise
• All For Metal: Gods Of Metal (Year Of The Dragon)
• Hammerfall: Avenge The Fallen
• Jim Peterik & World Stage: Roots & Shoots Vol. 2

[ More Music Reviews ]

Winterborn: Farewell To Saints

Power Metal

Rating: 4.0/5.0

Massacre Records
www.winterborn.info
www.myspace.com/winterbornband
Review: Ethan Hartranft,  06.14.2009

Hailing from Finland, Winterborn offers us their unique European-style power metal on their 2009 release, Farewell to Saints. Every part of this album is well crafted and put together. Each instrument is equally great; vocalist Teemu Koskela has an excellent range, bass and drums excel in the background and every guitar solo is fantastic. Another strong point of Farewell to Saints are the vast number and quality of the each riffs used. Specifically, in 'Seven Deadly Sins' and 'Emptiness Inside', the riffs are quite catchy and give the songs a very distinctive power metal sound.

The album begins with 'Black Rain'. It serves as a good intro track and gives the listener an idea of what is to come. The second track, 'Chaos Dwells Within,' continues the power metal and contains the best guitar solo on the album. Further along, 'The Winter War' is a great example of Teemu Koskela's strong vocal and lyrical capabilities as well as strong drum work by Lauri Bexar. As the album closes, 'Nightfall Symphony,' 'Last Man Standing,' and 'Another World' are all very strong songs, especially, 'Another World' which ends the album on a high note.

Overall, no one can expect Winterborn to light the world on fire with Farewell to Saints but what is there is too good to be ignored. Every component is well defined in and of itself and I can find no particular complaints. Highly recommended for those who love everything power metal.

No one can expect Winterborn to light the world on fire with 'Farewell to Saints' but what is there is too good to be ignored. Every component is well defined in and of itself and I can find no particular complaints. Highly recommended for those who love everything power metal.

Alphabetical Index

The Powell Payne project, created in 2022 is the collaboration of Mark "Penfold Powell (ex-drummer of Psycho Kiss) and Adam Payne (former vocalist of Airrace). With guitarist Adam Davies and keyboard player ... [ Read More ]