Viathyn "Cynosure"

Country: Canada
Sub Genre: Progressive Power Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: October 7, 2014
Tracklist: 
1. Ageless Stranger – 7:13
2. The Coachman – 5:41
3. Edward Mordrake – 6:24
4. Shadows In Our Wake – 7:02
5. Countess of Discordia – 7:12
6. Time Will Take Us All – 7:01
7. Three Sheets To The Wind – 7:21
8. Albedo – 6:48
9. Cynosure – 9:35

Line-up: 
Tomislav Crnkovic - Vocals, Guitar
Jacob Wright - Lead Guitar
Dave Crnkovic - Drums
Alex Kot - Bass

Description/Reviews: 

At first blush, Viathyn’s sound seems to have changed little. The storming opening to “Ageless Stranger” is as furious as any moment from the band’s debut, and vicious guitar leads propel the album out of the gate in a blaze of malignance reflected by the lyrics and the inflection in Tomislav Crnkovic’s vocals, which ring with substantially more emotion than I recall from The Peregrine Way. While the dual guitar leads and solis are extremely memorable and resolve themselves frequently in a fashion that recalls a variation on Celtic folk tendencies, riffing takes a more important place in the band’s formula this time around. While Viathyn’s approach is predominantly and prominently that of a power metal band of the European persuasion, the elongated songs, occasionally irregular structures, cerebral storytelling, and varied rhythmic drive drop more than occasional hints of progressively minded songwriting. This is thinking man’s power metal, to be absolutely sure.

 Read the full review by at blackwindmetal.com

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp (2 tracks)

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