WIZARDS’ HYMN „Hymnal”

Music: Heavy Metal
Website: http://wizards-hymn.com
Duration: 51:13 minutes (10 songs)
Country: Japan

WIZARDS HYMN is not strange for me because I know them earlier materials, and concretely the 3 demos from 2004 year. Them first full-length album entitled “Hymnal” mainly includes some tunes from demos, plus a bit novelty… so I can boldly to say that the Japanese wizards follow appointed earlier route, that is sharply but very tunefully and nostalgically. Their Heavy Metal's magical hymns do not run away from Heavy Metal's standards of the bands in style of HAMMERFALL, STRATOVARIOUS, HELLOWEEN or BLIND GUARDIAN. The music of WIZARDS' HYMN also is the perfectively worked out masterly arrangements for the guitar and the keyboards, supported by the good work of rhythmical section and led by the very melodious vocal obviously. The woman – Kimiko Shirao stands over rudder in case of Japaneses. Her gentle, clean, with Japanese accent and very nostalgic singing creates original climate like fabulous .

Generally the compositions are very coherent, despite of the rich arrangements. The dynamic Heavy Metal's guitar riffs create the solid background for the very melodious and lively guitar-keyboard sets full of masterly solo parties of both instrumenths, with different pace. The tunes are marked with the spirit of classic and baroque music additionally.

The whole is full of pathos, melancholy and element. The music is able to transfer in a world of fairy-tale listener… WIZARDS’ HYMN – this is not only quick melodious pieces but and the very melancholy ballads… this is wizard hymns.

Tracklist

01. Wings of Time
02. Olden Story Tells
03. The Glory of the Desert
04. Firestorm
05. Through the Wilderness
06. The Circle of Fate
07. A Drop in the Ocean
08. Live My Life
09. Sun in the Night
10. The Call from the Unknown

Line-up

Kimiko Shirao: Vocal
Tsutomu Aruga: Guitar
Toshimasa Kato: Bass
Kensuke Imai: Drums