I discovered the Italians of 'Ravenscry' with the album 'The Invisible' released in 2017 and 2020 sees the release of a new studio recording, simply called '100'. For this opus, we find this particular style of the group which borrows from different types if music between rock and metal with a front woman who brings a very personal touch. Note a change of line-up since the guitarist ‘Paul Raimondi’ is replaced by ‘Federico Schiavoni’.
11 compositions, this is the menu of this opus with durations below 5 minutes which suggests a fairly direct style compared to the last concept album. ‘Maybe’ starts with catchy melodic rock and a melody that fits easily in the head and electronic tones accompanying the riffs of electric guitars, then 'Binary' slightly hardens the tone with a heavier title and 'Giulia Stefani' shows all his talent to adapt her singing according to the intensity and 'The Gamer', which follows, approaches a melodic industrial metal and I would dare to make the comparison with the last 'Within Temptation'. Follows 'The Door Inside' which, with its heady melody makes it one of the hits of the album, then, 'The Entertainer' begins in a very calm way with some melancholic piano notes then suddenly takes power for a mid-tempo whose refrain remains engraved in your head. In the second part of the album, the melodic lines are less immediate but we can quote the catchy 'Leader' with a new very effective refrain, the mid-tempo 'Paper Boat' more retained and it is in this genre title that I find that 'Giulia Stefani' transmits the greatest emotion or even 'All My Faces' which can recall the ex band 'Stream of Passion'.
In summary, the Italians of 'Ravenscry' are releasing a quality album, confirming all the potential and originality they had already shown with the previous album with certainly more accessibility and, '100' is to recommend to an audience mixing rock and metal and loving the diversity of styles in these two genres... | |
