Saturday 21 January 2017

#27 - Top of 2016

Arrayan Path - Chronicles of Light (Pitch Black Records)

Arrayan Path (previously known as Arryan Path), have always been consistent in producing excellent albums of epic power metal. However, their latest attempt with "Chronicles of Light", might be their greatest album yet. With excellent riffs, powerful choruses and tight songwriting, this album exceeds the expectations of their previous very good album "Stigmata".  The album starts with the two superb tracks epic power tracks  "Solomon Seed" and "Gabriel is Rising". "The distorted looking glass" flirts with a more theatrical side of the band while "Ignore the pain" is an old school power ballad with a lot of emotion. "Scorpio" is a cover of a cheesy 90s pop rock anthem, while the title song brings the album back into a more epic path. This is echoed in "Lex Talonis" a 7 minute track of Epic awesomeness, which is the most representative track as to where the band finds itself right now. The album finishes with "December", an old-school heavy metal anthem with emotional undertones.
Recommended release for all fans of the heavy/power/epic sound!

92/100


Below is the music video for the track "Gabriel is rising".

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