http://www.holyforceband.com Music By Mail (2012)
Holy Force is a power metal outfit formed by guitarist Ango Chen. He penned 14 songs, three of them instrumentals, for this, the band’s debut release, which features Mark Boals (vocals, ex-Yngwie), Mike LePond (bass, Symphony X) and Rhino (drums, ex-Manowar).
The album begins strongly with Boals wailing along with Chen’s fretwork. Boals really puts his voice to good use in “Seasons”, while the use of piano and keyboards are put to elegant use, particularly in the instrumental “Sky etude”. While there isn’t a weak track on the album and the band sounds tight, it almost sounds too tight – they don’t get the opportunity to truly unleash themselves.
This is a great debut and I hope the band gets comfortable enough to release the album they have the potential of producing.
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Nick van der Meulen
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