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 Post subject: Chroniques de "Blind?"
PostPosted: Fri 14 Sep 2012 21:06 
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Première superbe chronique sur Ravenheart Music : 9,5/10 !

(Scarlet Records) Reviewed 14th September 2012

The mighty French formation, founded in 2007 by guitarist Vynce Leff, return with the eagerly anticipated follow up to their outstanding 2009 début, ‘From the Brink of Infinity’. Their music sits in it’s own unique place, they are the prog rock and metal loving cousins of a modern but heavier Nightwish and a grow less Epica. Brand new singer Elvyne Lorient does sound at times rather like Anette Olzon, her sweet voice juxtaposed against the tumultuous typhoon raging behind her, she does an incredible job of not getting swept away in the cyclone, standing loud and proud, personified by her peerless performance on ‘Cassandra’s Mirror’, and she enjoys the support of their very own Dark Whispers Choir, who also appear with the band at their shows. Once again Vynce’s production pulls off the seemingly impossible task of keeping the 16,000 things that are going on simultaneously as clear as a bell, as well as making it sound like a homogeneous whole, quite how he does it without it turning into soup defies all logic. They are a fantastic and hugely entertaining band live, but it’s interested how they strip away all the complexity, and concentrate on rocking the place and having a good time. This is a set of eleven thundering throbbing thumping songs with immense refrains, 70 minutes of music rammed into the grooves, including the totally staggering, jaw dropping ‘On The Road to Babylon’, which sounds at times something like Yes gone symphonic heavy metal, afterwards they allow a few moments of quiet for us to recover before the dramatic ballad ‘Paper Princess’ with it’s extraordinary Rachmaninov esque piano by Marc. Other highlights include the Celtic flavoured ‘Lonely Roads’, the swaggering 'The Foreseer' and the closing humungous epic ‘Cathedral of the Damned’. Every song has so much going on you can listen to this until the end of time and still find something new, like Xavier's terrific bass solo in ‘Venom and Frustration’ which Jaco Pastorius would be proud of, and the orchestral arrangement's by Vynce are simply wondrous. Whyzdom have produced a mind boggling, colossal, awe inspiring album that will have every symphonic metal fan salivating, especially those of a prog persuasion. Their website can be found here, a mind blowing 9.5/10 (Phil).

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PostPosted: Sat 15 Sep 2012 17:22 
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whaouh :shock: :shock: C'est ce qui s'appelle une review dithyrambique :D

rien qu'en lisant des trucs comme ca : "like Xavier's terrific bass solo in ‘Venom and Frustration’ which Jaco Pastorius would be proud of",

J'en salive d'avance ! :o


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 Post subject: Re: Chroniques de "Blind?"
PostPosted: Sat 15 Sep 2012 19:44 
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Ce qui me fait égoïstement plaisir c'est :

"Once again Vynce’s production pulls off the seemingly impossible task of keeping the 16,000 things that are going on simultaneously as clear as a bell, as well as making it sound like a homogeneous whole, quite how he does it without it turning into soup defies all logic."

Dieu sait que j'en ai chié, sur cet album, et il n'y a pas de meilleur compliment que de lire qu'on entend tout ce qui se passe (surtout les 16000 trucs :D)

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PostPosted: Sat 15 Sep 2012 20:30 
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Scudabear wrote:
"like Xavier's terrific bass solo in ‘Venom and Frustration’ which Jaco Pastorius would be proud of",


En fait, moi j'aurais plutôt dit "à la John Myung"...

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Vynce Leff wrote:
Ce qui me fait égoïstement plaisir c'est :

"Once again Vynce’s production pulls off the seemingly impossible task of keeping the 16,000 things that are going on simultaneously as clear as a bell, as well as making it sound like a homogeneous whole, quite how he does it without it turning into soup defies all logic."

Dieu sait que j'en ai chié, sur cet album, et il n'y a pas de meilleur compliment que de lire qu'on entend tout ce qui se passe (surtout les 16000 trucs :D)


Bon....ca veut donc dire qu'on aurait enfin un album de Métal pas trop compressé ? :mrgreen:

Je sais : ca tourne à l'obsession, mais quand on voit ce qu'on peut sortir d'un mixage "propre" et travaillé, et surtout d'un master "pleine bande", ca fait de la peine d'avoir de nos jours la quasi-majorité des albums qui sont honteusement tronqués en dynamique.
Bon , ben en tout cas, compte sur moi pour donner ma note "technique" au sujet du mixage :mrgreen: :mrgreen:


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Vynce Leff wrote:
Scudabear wrote:
"like Xavier's terrific bass solo in ‘Venom and Frustration’ which Jaco Pastorius would be proud of",


En fait, moi j'aurais plutôt dit "à la John Myung"...


....Ce qui n'est pas un mince compliment :good: :ohyeah:

A quand du Chapman stick sur un album de Whyzdom ? ;)


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 Post subject: Re: Chroniques de "Blind?"
PostPosted: Mon 24 Sep 2012 09:49 
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Superbe chronique de "Blind?" sur un des plus importants sites consacrés au métal à chant féminin : Sonic Cathedral !

"Blind? propose une musique qui définit quasiment ce genre musical pour le 21ème siècle. S'il existe une musique meilleure quelque part, je ne l'ai pas encore entendue. Bien sûr, c'est ma propre opinion. Mais j'en écoute depuis bien longtemps. Et celle-ci est comme un trésor. Un 10 est la note minimale que je peux lui donner. Vous pourriez bien aller au-delà. Quoiqu'il en soit, vous ne serez pas déçus. Un classique."

http://www.soniccathedral.com/webzine/i ... &Itemid=35

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Nouvelle chronique ! Ca fait plaisir de lire que ce reviewer trouve que cet album est encore meilleur que le précédent ! :chink:

"What Vynce was able to create with the orchestral arrangements is mindblowing, each song has something to keep the listener happy and interested. Whyzdom has made a cd that is just amazing, and makes thei
r debut cd look like an afterthought. If you are a fan of symphonic female led metal bands, this cd is going to blow you away. What a comeback cd from a band that I thought gave us their best cd with their debut, this is a band that I just feel with each cd will be getting better and better"

http://wickedchannel.com/2012/09/music- ... dom-blind/

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"For a 2ND CD release, Whyzdom have produced a mind boggling, colossal, awe inspiring album that will have every symphonic metal fan salivating! With a SENSATIONAL NEW FEMALE VOCALIST, arpeggio's guitar solos and dark THEATRICAL undertones, the melodies will make you bleed aggression! So for this sophomore release, Whyzdom have PURELY NAIL IT right on the head! "

Je l'aime bien, ce commentaire... Même si ça vient d'un magasin de CD et donc ce n'est pas une vraie chronique, ils l'ont quand même écouté et ils on relevé des qualités qui me font bien plaisir :)

http://www.cdinzane.com/product.php?productid=11849

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"For a 2ND CD release, Whyzdom have produced a mind boggling, colossal, awe inspiring album that will have every symphonic metal fan salivating! With a SENSATIONAL NEW FEMALE VOCALIST, arpeggio's guitar solos and dark THEATRICAL undertones, the melodies will make you bleed aggression! So for this sophomore release, Whyzdom have PURELY NAIL IT right on the head! "

Je l'aime bien, ce commentaire... Même si ça vient d'un magasin de CD et donc ce n'est pas une vraie chronique, ils l'ont quand même écouté et ils on relevé des qualités qui me font bien plaisir :)

http://www.cdinzane.com/product.php?productid=11849

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"For a 2ND CD release, Whyzdom have produced a mind boggling, colossal, awe inspiring album that will have every symphonic metal fan salivating! With a SENSATIONAL NEW FEMALE VOCALIST, arpeggio's guitar solos and dark THEATRICAL undertones, the melodies will make you bleed aggression! So for this sophomore release, Whyzdom have PURELY NAIL IT right on the head! "

Je l'aime bien, ce commentaire... Même si ça vient d'un magasin de CD et donc ce n'est pas une vraie chronique, ils l'ont quand même écouté et ils on relevé des qualités qui me font bien plaisir :)

http://www.cdinzane.com/product.php?productid=11849

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Première chronique française et non des moindres ! 19/20 sur Spirit Of Metal !!!

"L'attente à été longue mais notre patience est récompensée [...] un savoir-faire et un tour de force qui propulsent assurément Whyzdom à la référence en matière de metal symphonique français, et faire trembler les grosses pointures des pays nordiques en qualité musicale [...]"

http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-gr ... -l-fr.html

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New great review from Black Wind Metal ! Check it out !

"And all I can say is: why hadn’t I gotten my act together and listened to these guys before?, because this album impressed the hell out of me. Blind? is amazing." - Allyson

http://blackwindmetal.com/?p=5326

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"Just when you think the Dutch have mastered Symphonic metal, the French band Whyzdom is crashing on the scene with their orchestral arrangements and heavy melodies. [...] I give them an A+ for going the extra mile to give fans a solid album. You don’t see that too much anymore."

"Juste quand vous vous dites que les Hollandais sont les maîtres du Métal Symphonique, le groupe français Whyzdom dévaste la scène avec leurs arrangements orchestraux et leur mélodies heavy. [...] je leur donne un A+ pour leur générosité à donner aux fans un album solide. Ce qu'on n'a plus trop l'habitude de voir"

http://ametalstateofmind.com/2012/10/04 ... dom-blind/

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Deuxième chronique française, celle de Pavillon 666 Webzine ! 9/10

"Au final, un excellent album de metal symphonique apte à ravir tous les adeptes du style. Whyzdom se pose encore plus comme un vrai nom du genre de part la richesse de ses arrangements orchestral et son chant personnel. Si vous trouvez que le style s’empâte et que plus grand-chose de concret n’émerge ces derniers temps, essayez « Blind ? » et vous risquez de devoir avouer votre erreur… "

http://www.pavillon666.fr/chronique-metal-7599.php

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