Dream Evil Evilised (CD - Magic Arts, 2003) ***
Dream Evil The Book of Heavy Metal (CD - Magic Arts, 2004) ****
Genre: Scandinavian pop/rock (Swedish)
Places I remember: Virgin Megastore, Dubai Mall.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Heavy Metal in the Night (Dragonslayer); and The Book of Heavy Metal is a stormer from album of the same name.
Gear costume: The Chosen Ones (Dragonslayer); Children of the Night (Evilised); Chosen Twice (Book of Heavy Metal) has some great symphony injections.Active compensatory factors: I fell hard for these dudes after I heard the wonderful Book of Heavy Metal on a compilation (Metal for the Masses). I immediately went back to the Virgin Megastore at the Dubai Mall and bought every Dream Evil album they had (and there were a few - six in fact).
They manage a rare feat - anthemic power metal, self deprecating humour, very self aware of the genre lyrics, with musical chops.
Here are their first three albums.
Dragonslayer is my favourite - their debut, it has great metal guitars and surprisingly great vocals from Niklas Isfeldt (a little...a little like The Scorpions' Klaus Meine at times. A little). Adept at a variety of metal styles, from traditional metal ballads to roaring metal, without the growls - he's got it all!
Evilised suffers a little from second album syndrome. Apart from Made of Metal, it's their least humorous album!
The Book of Heavy Metal (sensing a theme here yet?) is a return to form. Massed vocals, shredding guitar riffs, and humour is back on the table.
Where do they all belong? More Swedish metal like Katatonia and HammerFall. Trust me!
The Book of Heavy Metal (sensing a theme here yet?) is a return to form. Massed vocals, shredding guitar riffs, and humour is back on the table.
Where do they all belong? More Swedish metal like Katatonia and HammerFall. Trust me!
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