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segunda-feira, 28 de abril de 2014

STARCHILD: little review by Michael Kiske and news

Sandro Giampietro and Michael Kiske

Check out the little review of the new Starchild album by Michael Kiske, on their The Official Michael Kiske Fanclub on Facebook:

"The album starts with an intro and leads the listener into a melodic metal journey. The first song ‘Starchild’ is a mid-tempo song and not in the tradition of Euro-Metal bands and more reminiscent to US metal in the tradition of Lethal or Heir Apparent. The 2 fast songs ‘It’s my Race’ and ‘Visions’ show more trademarks of European genre legends Helloween and Gamma Gay, with a strong and easily memorable chorus.

The song ‘Black and White Forever’ features a vocal duel of Sandro Giampietro and Michael Kiske. The song starts slow reminding a little to Queen, then turning into a powerful mid-tempo smasher with the chorus sung in a duet. Several tempo and rhythm changes are other characteristics of this song. As a remark, this song is used for a charity campain for cancer aid.

The other guest on this album is comedian Helge Schneider who can be heard on organ in the songs ‘Black and white Forever’ and ‘Visions’. A little bit Iron Maiden can be heard in the up-tempo song ‘Thief of the Crown’. The rest of this very strong debut album is mainly based on mid to up-tempo songs with some progressive and also US metal influences. A band that comes first to mind when comparing Starchild, is the Australian metal band Black Majesty who also combines European power metal with Queensryche like progressive metal."

The new Starchild album is released:

Starchild "physical" CD: http://shop.strato.de/epages/64760208.sf/secbfe1820e72/?ObjectPath=%2FShops%2F64760208%2FProducts%2F001 (16,5€ shipping included). Same than in eBay, but avoid Amazon, they want almost 22€.

Starchild digital edition: http://www.amazon.de/Starchild/dp/B00JIKVNUO/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1397310761&sr=8-11&keywords=starchild (9,99€ or 0,99 each song)

iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gr/album/starchild/id852613614

Starchild CD

Check out this video about the new band of Sandro Giampietro, with behind the scenes information, including guest appearances of Michael Kiske and Helge Schneider: http://youtu.be/tmF1rolf41A

Starchild is also on the new German Metal Hammer CD vol. 193, in the latest German Metal Hammer magazine edition. It features a song from Starchild debut album, the song 'Visions'.