On the edge of kitsch reigns a great voice

Nearly two years have passed since the six Finns drenched with her second, eponymous album especially ears and hearts of lovers of traditional heavy metal with a modern twist. The starting position then looked more like a forceps delivery, since singer Nitte Valo the band complete surprise left shortly before the shooting. A new wonderful voice was found in Noora Louhimo and proved jackpot. Not only because they can compete with the roughness of Nitte, but because it offers simply more spectrum and also in quiet tones of voice is always at the height. Anyway, she sang the songs and a perfectly made on the subsequent tour of itself speeches.

In "Unholy Savior" songwriter Anton Kabanen therefore could freely draw from the rich and the result is an unmistakable development, which is especially evident in the proficiency. So Battle Beast shocked before the preliminary Lyric clip of "Touch in the Night", which was in many places completely panned due to the poppy impact. Many fans felt betrayed, but others welcomed the tribute to 80's synth-bands like Alphaville or A-ha with a wink. In addition, the Finns paste with "Sea of ​​Dreams" and "Angel Cry" towards two ballads, which get through even frozen snow to melt, but the die-hard metalheads could suddenly lead to the limits of what is tolerable.

But the racy numbers are more sophisticated than its predecessor. Already the opener "Lionheart" impresses with a good structure, varying rhythms and catchy hooks. The subsequent title track skin in the same line, but offers even more drama before with "I want the World ..." for the first time Battle Beast bangs out of the speakers in the usual manner. "Madness" is reminiscent at first sight indeed to "Wishmaster" Nightwish, but crashes significantly harder therefore and with "Speed ​​and Danger" is really pressed on the accelerator, that you can not get around it, the volume control still raise a little later than here. And with the ballad "The Black Swordsman" and the associated, tethered Instrumental "Hero's Quest" leads Kabanen his lyrical favorite theme continues: The fantasy manga Berserk. Incidentally, an inspiration which according Kabanen itself, linked to personal experiences, one finds in almost all texts of Battle Beast. "Far Far Away" then shows the Finns again as they are known and liked like - with simple riffs, held in mid-tempo groove and a chorus to scream along.

Even after repeated run it occurs to me, in fact, not easy to give the third work of this young band a definite recommendation. Although superior to proficiency and musical maturity the predecessor, then it fails the continuous bite and especially the Hitdichte which adduced by the great predecessors. Although the 10 Noora sings with her fascinating rough, powerful, but at the same time fine vocals on "Unholy Savior" easy out, but as an overall package "Battle Beast" air still remains upward. Could namely the previous album readily by listening to a piece, one is repeatedly attempted in "Unholy Savior" to press the skip button.

Still a really good album, which stands out above all by a brilliant singer, offers songs with catchy and so the Finns rise to the next level and is likely to make it a serious size.