AREA51 „Daemonicus”

Music: Neo-Classical Power Metal
Website: www.area51-web.com
Durations: 58:46 minutes (10 tracks)
Country: Japan

AREA51 is next band from Japan what I had opportunity to hear. The band creates music under a sign of Neoclassical Power Metal. I noticed that in the Blooming Cherry-tree's Country is some similarity to countries of South America where is large interest in this type of metal music. There is only difference among bands from America and Asia – in Japanese bands often a woman takes care of singing and as is in AREA51 or different similar bands e.g. F.ROSES as well as WIZARD'S HYMN (the drummer plays in AREA51 at present).

The music of AREA51 sounds very good, if someone likes very melodious, masterly, pretty dynamic and melancholy climates with soft feminine singing (in Japanese language). The singing gives many nostalgia or sweetness. The characteristic feature of arrangements are average-quick paces of dynamic tracks including considerable quantity of melodies with virtuosity of solos parties of the guitars and the keyboards – typical for neoclassical style – together with very energetic work of drums. Obviously dynamic and hard Power Metal guitar riffs bring a bit of rapacity in the background. But also very melancholy balladic themes appear, for example composed mainly for vocalist's singing and keyboard passages and after that the rest of instrumentarium come in to a track in time of progression of track.

The music is very complex and requires considerable musical skills. There also is surprise – Rob Rock (ROB ROCK, ex – IMPELLITTERI) were guest on the album and lending his singing in track of “Lord Knows”, and this gives different character of the track.

note: 7.5/10

Tracklist

1. Introitus
2. Les Anges
3. Ashes
4. Venus
5. CLOSE TO…
6. crimson
7. Despair
8. JUST LIKE A PRAYER
9. Requiem
10. Lord Knows

Line-up

Kate Cain: Vocals
Yoichiro Ishino: Guitars
Kensuke Imai: Drums
Takeshi Ochi: Keyboards

Guest musicians:
Rob Rock: Vocal
Keisuke Furuya: Bass