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FREEDOM CALL

Angra

 

Progressive Metal

3.32 | 31 ratings

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1967/ 1976
4 stars Interesting Ep from Angra, Brazilian Prog Metal band. This Ep present 6 songs, 5 originals and 1 is a Judas Priest cover ("Painkiller").

The stat is with title-track, "Freedom Call", a good melodic Power metal song with good arrangements. "Queen Of The Night" is presented here in a remixed version. This song is good as example of Neoclassical/Power Metal but in truth is one of the Prog metal songs more close to Classic Metal. Interesting keyboards and guitars. "Reaching Horizins" is the second new song. This is a great power ballad, a typical ballad for an AOR band. The final result is a great ballad a la Scorpions or Uriah Heep! "Stand Away" is here in an orchestral version. The power is greater than the original version but the magic is not constantly high (only in the chorus is equal to the power). The final result is, incredible, similar to a Deep Purple's song! "Painkiller" is the cover of Judas Priest's evergreen/ anthem but this version is more Hard Rock because without the aggressivity of the originsl version... Prog etal isn't Power Speed trash and André Matos is not Rob Halford as Ricardo Confessori is not Scott Travis (something that feels too... It is not even comparable!) "Deep Blue", here in an edit version, is the last song of this Ep. This song is another power ballad with neoclassical elements and it is a good end for this Ep.

In my opinion this one of the more high peaks of Angra. But, in consideration that it is an Ep, I think that is good more as introduction to Angra.

1967/ 1976 | 4/5 |

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