23/07/01

ADAGIO / SANCTUS IGNIUS

Formed around the talents of French guitar virtuoso Stephan Forte, Adagio is a Progressive Metal band in the vein of Yngwie Malmsteen. The rest of the band are members of Elegy, Majestic and all the vocals are ably handled by Pink Cream 69 vocalist David Readman, who sounds really good on all the tracks.

All the tracks are Yngwie flavoured and Stephan admits in the liner notes than when he first heard the man he was so totally blown away by his style he just had to learn how to play the same. If the like Yngwie, then you will love this album and all the musicians perform beautifully. Tracks such as "In Nomini..." "the Inner Road" and the "Stringless Violin" are good song's in the own right and not just glorified burnout's by Stephan. There is even a cover version of the Led Zeppelin classic "Immigrant Song" which is actually very good.

So if you like what you read go and check out the download snippet's available from their website below.

 

WEBSITE : http://www.limb-music.de/

TOTAL PLAYING TIME = 58 mins - 10 Tracks