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8.5/10
DREAMTONE
Snowfall
(Self Financed)
When you follow a band from their beginning it’s like growing up with the band and you see in every release how their music matures with them. Dreamtone is a band that comes from Turkey and so far they have released two albums and one CD single. “Snowfall” is their second CD single and actually it’s a small taste from their new album which will be released in the middle of 2007. In this single you will find three tracks and two video clips from their second album “Sojourn”. Musically the band walks in the progressive / power metal paths with some dark metal elements too. If you listen to all their releases you will see that the band in each single has something new to add and their compositions are more mature, sometimes more complicated and of course more powerful. Dreamtone learn from their mistakes and also are open minded musicians. In these three compositions you will have a taste of the beauty of Dreamtone. The members of Dreamtone are like actors, you understand the emotions they have added in each track and you can feel the will they have. Just follow their steps and you won’t regret it.
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Tracklist: Promised Land (5:16), Pandemonium (6:22), Snowfall (4:25)
As we have already reviewed two previous releases by the Turkish progressive metal band, Dreamtone, I will let you find out more information concerning the band and their music from the reviews of Unforeseen Reflections and Sojourn. Both the releases received good ratings although you might see that after the promise of Unforeseen Reflections expectations for Sojourn were perhaps too high. In the Autumn next year Dreamtone will release their third album, luckily with this taster single we don't have to wait that long to get an impression of what's in store.
At the moment a lot is going on around Dreamtone. They are embarking on a project with a symphony orchestra and Iris Mavraki called "Iris Mavraki's Neverland". Next to that a couple of well known names in the progressive metal scene will also colaborate. For now only two names have been announced: Tom Englund (Evergrey) and Mike Baker (Shadow Gallery), but keep your eyes open as I am sure other interesting names will follow soon. It will be a long wait until Autumn 2007, as we have no idea what this collaboration will bring, but I am sure it will be worth while.
This CD single, Snowfall, contains three tracks of which one is a re-recording of the 2003 track Pandemonium, the other two are new tracks that will be on the forthcoming album. If this single is any indication for what the new album will bring it promises to be another good one. The raw energy, that made Unforeseen Reflection such an interesting release, is much more present on this CD-single than in Sojourn. It is a very good thing.
The intro of Promised Land immediately makes clear that Dreamtone has no intention of changing the musical direction chosen in their first releases. Their sound is still very recognizable: because of the speedy guitars but also because of the voice of Oganalp Canatan. Dreamtone describe their music as dark/power/progressive metal and that description fits the music, speedy and musical guitars riff with pumping metal rhythms, well.
The best track on this album is the re-recording of Pandemonium: it is this track alone that makes this a buy worthy CD-single. Although the other tracks are great this one is even better. The two lead guitars intertwine their melodies, coming together on some parts while wandering off on others. The sister of the band's bass player poppes in to do some keyboards and she does a great job, it adds an extra dimension to this track. Snowfall, the third track has a dark start and the same dark atmosphere remains throughout the track. The guitars are less speedy but still very present (of course, it is a two lead guitar band).
The great artwork has been created by the Efe Alpay, the bass player of Dreamtone. For me just another confirmation of the fact that this band is full of talent.
I will not rate this CD-single because it is hard to compare such a rating with a full album. But this single does come highly recommended, so use it as your chance to get acquainted with Dreamtone, you won't be sorry. Hopefully their next full album will be as good.