'Miracle Fair' is a German-Swiss symphonic metal band led by a duo, singer 'Nicole Hartmann' and guitarist, author and composer 'Daniel Maurizi' who released a new album, 'Synchronism', in early April, bringing their discography since 2011 to three studio recordings 'Angels Cast Shadows' being the latest, released in 2016. With this last baby, they continue to ride the wave of a symphonic and melodic metal in the style of 'Delain', 'Xandria' and 'Within Temptation' but also other less known bands including the last one that I did a review, 'Victoria K' which refers to all those combos that have released an album since the beginning of 2020.
This is confirmed from the first titles 'The Untold', 'Synchronism' or 'What Remains', the tone is set for powerful and catchy compositions with melodic lines that we very easily appropriate and a clear song of 'Nicole Hartmann' who masters her subject from the first to the last note. The following continues in this style with often fast rhythms and guitar riffs of 'Daniel Maurizi' often in the foreground as in 'Torn Inside', 'Torture Myself' or in 'In Charge' and, apart from 'Lost in the Void 'and' Presence of Death 'which bring a certain variety inside each title with quieter passages and the bonus version of' In Love and Hate 'much lighter compared to the original (a little like 'Amberian Dawn'), the whole, even if all the compositions are of quality, remains substantially on the same scheme and may weary some in the long run.
In summary, this last baby of 'Miracle Fair' is a continuation of the previous ones and offers an energetic, symphonic and melodic metal in line with the major formations of this style and, even if despite each composition shows all the undeniable talent of this band, we can regret a lack of variety which could have been brought by the presence of one or two ballads and by more marked changes in intensity within the titles themselves... | |
