Artist : Dylem

Album : Eye of the Storm

Release Date : 20-03-2020

Added : 18-04-2020

Album of the playlist 2020 : Metal symphonic albums of the year

'Mélody Dylem', the Swiss singer from ‘Elfreya’ (see last album here), launched a new project in 2016 with 'Dylem' (see here) and 2020, pending a full album, sees the release of an EP, 'Eye of the Storm' which actually contains four titles (the instrumental 'Storm' serving as an introduction to 'Eye of the Storm'. Despite the very short duration of 20 minutes (normal for an EP), the 4 tracks are remarkable and accessible and should appeal to fans of symphonic metal. They are split between two energetic tracks with 'Eye of the Storm' and 'Can't Take Anymore' in which she invited the American guitarist 'Jennifer Batten' ('Mickael Jackson' and 'Jeff Becke') and two quieter compositions with first of all 'See You', in which Mélody shows all her talent in subdued atmospheres and finally the magnificent 'Far Beyond', much more typical of metal symphonic and which can make think of certain titles of Imperia '(see their last album here) like 'Spirit Chase' or 'Abyssum'.

In summary, this EP of the 'Swiss' of 'Dylem' presents four remarkable titles to make us wait until the release of a new album which I hope will arrive soon enough, and beyond the fans of the group, 'Eye of the Storm' is to be recommended to a fairly large audience which like symphonic metal...

Line Up / Musicians

Mélody Dylem (Vocal), Valery Veings (Guitar), Donovan (Keybords), Mimmo Pisino (Bass), Olivier Quinche (Drums) + Guests : Jennifer Batten (Guitar), Alain Hornung (Drums), Nicolas Concu (Bass), Matthieu Grillet (Guitar)