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Sons Of Seasons is a new dark symphonic metal band, but their members aren't nobodies! The band was founded by Oliver Palotai (Doro, Kamelot, ex-Blaze) in January 2007 to have a platform for his music. He started the band together with former Blaze members Luca Princiotta - meanwhile replaced by Pepe Pierez - and Daniel Schild. It didn't take long and they hooked up with Silent Force bassist Jürgen Steinmetz. In his songs Oliver could combine his different influences from metal, jazz and classic. With Tijs Vanneste they found a singer, but later discovered that Tijs work and the bands wish to tour won't work out. At a tour in Japan Oliver show Henning Basse performing and later got in touch with him. Henning liked the songs and so became the singer of Sons Of Seasons.
A dark symphonic intro is The Place Where I Hide - and it already shows which direction the Sons Of Seasons pursue. The title track is following! Gods Of Vermin is a heavy tune with emotional vocals of Henning Basse. After a while the song becomes a heavy riff-based metal tune with a bombastic chorus. The song has a progressive edge and switches between heavy, aggressive parts and emotional, more mellow passages. A melange of classic elements, progressive parts and neo-classical metal is A Blind Man's Resolution, but it can hook you up easily with its catchy refrain. At Fallen Family Simone Simons joins Henning on the mic, the song is partly quite aggressive... And you even find some growls! But there are also the symphonic passages and the vocal part of Simone - a bit like The Beauty And The Beast.... There are parts which remind me a bit of Kamelot, but that's not such a big surprise as Oliver is a part of Kamelot for a few years now. The keyboard passage might be annoying to some listeners, but actually that was made me think of The Beauty And The Beast with it's classic passages. At The Piper the refrain is sounding a bit too familiar, but I can't come up with what it reminds me off... At Wheel Of Guilt they slow down and present a tune which is spiced up with a with a Gregorian-like choir, but then the song explodes and becomes a heavy, progressive metal track! At Fall Of Byzanz you can add a dash of Apocalyptica to the sound. Simone is back joining Henning here. And as you can expect from the title, it has some Oriental sounds woven in. A symphonic ballad with a melancholy touch is Wintersmith. Actually this one can shine through Simone's vocals. For Dead Man's Shadows they speed up again, but still there are speed changes.
Sons Of Seasons' album Gods Of Vermin is interesting for fans of symphonic metal who like some progressive elements and some dark atmosphere... So, if you call Kamelot and Symphony X your favorites as well as some dark symphonic metal acts, then you should check the Sons Of Seasons out! But the album needs a few spins! There aren't any real ear catchers, but you can discover details every time you listen.
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