Seeing the impressive number of reviews on the web regarding the last 'Beyond The Black', we realize how the progress of this group has been dazzling because we have the impression that 'Songs of Love and Death' is already far away but it only dates from 2015 and 2020 already sees the release of the fourth album' Hørizøns', which is to say the frequency of studio recordings by the Germans. And again, they did all that they can on the marketing level because in addition to the video 'Misery' visible above, we have the rights to three other videos 'Wounded Healer' , 'Human' and finally 'Golden Pariah'.
With this new album, everything is still done to offer us a modern and accessible symphonic metal with melodies that are easily embedded in your head, each could have been the subject of a single : it is with the eponymous title that the album begins in an energetic and melodic style which joins the Dutch of 'Within Temptation', then 'Misery' continues with a new hit with a new unstoppable melody and 'Wounded Healer' in a less marked tempo sees the participation of singer 'Elize Ryd' from 'Amaranthe' which makes this title a very beautiful duet with Jennifer (we want more !). The sequel continues to scroll through addictive melodies with the enticing 'Some Kind of Monster', again bringing us back to 'Within Temptation', then, the ballad 'Human' which is still a melodic nugget as the Germans have the secret, and ' Golden Pariahs' adds more modern electronic tones. After 6 tracks without any downtime, we attack the second part of the title album with 'Marching In' which again shows that the duets always bring a plus (as for the formation 'Visions of Atlantis') with in this case the participation of guitarist 'Chris Hermsdörfer', then, with 'You're Not Alone', I already see Jennifer involving the whole audience to make them take up the chorus in chorus. What more can we say, except that the last five compositions are on the same level as the rest with the mid-tempo 'Out of the Ashes', the fast 'Paralyzed' with its choirs which will certainly be chanted in concert, 'Coming Home' which borrows in a beautiful way, a little more rock than metal, the magnificent acoustic ballad 'Surrender' with the participation of the cellist 'Tina Guo' well known to the fans of 'Hanz Zimmer' and who was part of the adventure of the live at the 'Carnagie Hall' by 'Joe Bonamassa', the album ending with the enticing 'Welcome To My Wasteland'.
In summary, The Germans of 'Beyond The Black' are releasing yet another album, each composition of which could be the subject of a single and are now part of the leading group of symphonic metal groups: 'Hørizøns' will certainly participate yet to increase the fan base because all the compositions are very accessible for a large audience beyond metal fans... | |
