Pyramaze
Immortal

November 2008
Released: 2008, Locomotive Records/Sound Pollution
Rating: 2.5/5
Reviewer: Anders Sandvall

Guitarist Kammeyer first founded Pyramaze during 2001-02 and it didn’t take him long to find a drummer and a second guitarist. Shortly after that did the American keyboardist Weingarten joined. Lance King was chosen to front the band and Pyramaze had a full line-up. The bands debut album MELANCHOLY BEAST won the hearts of the reviewers and the second release LEGEND OF THE BONE CARVER was received even better than the debut. The band fired Lance King in 2006 and brought in well known shouter Matthew Barlow (Iced Earth). IMMORTAL is the bands third release and I guess that fans worldwide have waited eagerly to see and hear from Pyramaze and their new singer.



Barlow’s voice has a central position in the bands music and production. He fits perfectly with Pyramaze’s technical and complicated melodic power metal. The speed is stepped up and the guitarists can lean back on a hard hitting, heavy-pounding rhythm section. The band has an enormous feeling and vitality in their music that makes it fun to listen to.



Most parts of the 10 songs are very easy to sing a long with and ought to appeal to fans of football choirs and grand choruses. Barlow really manages to take the material to another level. My personal favorite tunes are “Year Of The Phoenix”, “Ghost Light”, “Touched By The Mara” and “A Beautiful Death”. These songs are all fast and heavy melodic power metal picks with sheer energy and vitality. Several complex twists and turns are incorporated into each song and I love the dangerous guitar riffs that pierce the sound picture more than once. The first part of the album feels more solid than the second where it feels like the guys have lost interest and some of their passion. I had wished for more equally strong material. Today is Barlow back in Iced Earth and new singer is the ex- Tad Morose vocalist Urban Breed. I can absolutely recommend IMMORTAL to fans of melodic power metal.



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