VIRTUOCITY „Northern Twilight Symphony”

Release date: February 03, 2004

Music: neoclassical power metal
Website: www.thevirtuacity.com
www.spinefarm.fi
Country: Finnland
Good songs: Spell of seduction, Light in the dark
Duration: 13 Songs – 52 :46 Min

Contact:
ahven@spinefarm.fi

Discographie :
Secret Visions – 2001
Northern Twilight Symphony – 2004

Already while little Jaron Sebastian Raven was a child, he also was a musician. He early learned play the drums and the bass guitar. With VIRTUOCITY he has found a band where he from now on could play his real instrument: the guitar.

The debut album „Secret Visions“ consisted of epic, melodic, classically arranged tracks. At that time, Jaron was supported by members of bands like CHILDREN OF BODOM and TAROT.

After a few line-up changes that nearly every band has in its career, now they have a firm line-up: Peter James Goodman on vocals, Tom Joens on the bass guitar, Michael Thomas on the keys and Joey Edith behind the drums, besides Jaron Sebastian Raven on the (virtuose) guitar.

Now a new page in the book of VIRTUOCITY will be flipped open. The second CD is called „Nothern Twilight Symphony“ and what the quintett plays, is named due to the information sheet „neo-classical heavy metal“. That is simply melodic power metal with a bunch of epic keyboards connected with a classical mantle, enriched with a few progressive influences (for example „Moonlight Shadows“); and everything penned by Jaron.

The sound of their first album of 2001 will be pressed ahead with the new album and therefore „Northern Twilight Symphony“ (2004) has got fast, powerful and epic tracks with an earthy, but clean, at no time to high pitched vocals of Goodman.

The songs sound very grown-up and mature, very professional.

Good songs are in any case the opener „Spell of seduction“, but also perls like “Forever young“ or catchy songs like „Wheels of time“. Check them out!

„Northern Twilight Symphony“ definitely is an album that sticks out of the masses of releases of nowadays. It has got its own sound and can stand alone because of that; last but not least because of the keyboard arrangements and the extraordinary voice!

note: 9/10

Tracklist

1. Spell Of Seduction – 3:53
2. Forever Young – 3:23
3. Flames In The Sky – 3:49
4. Moonlight Shadows – 3:55
5. Wheels Of Time – 4:30
6. Wings Of Dawn – 4:11
7. Within My Heart – 4:34
8. Light In The Dark – 5:17
9. Winter Nights – 3:43
10. Land Of Thousand Lakes – 3:53
11. Paradise – 4:05
12. Shaman Beat – 3:57
13. Northern Twilight Symphony – 3:36

Line-up

Peter James Goodman (Vocals)
Jaron Sebastian Raven (Gitarre)
Tom Joens (Bass)
Michael Thomas (Keyboards)
Joey Edith (Drums)