Review of Martyrs EP by Metal Maidens
“Metal Maidens” a popular webzine dedicated to women in metal and rock, has posted a review of our debut EP “Martyrs”.
DREMORA-Martyrs (independent)
DREMORA are new stars on the gothic metal horizon. The band officially hails from California, where their drummer, guitarist originates from. His name is Thomas Kampert, and he is accompanied by Brazilian soprano vocalist Juliana Novo. Their first release captures four lengthy songs, worthy of a bit over twenty minutes of gothic metal. Their sound comes very close to bands like TRISTANIA, EPICA and AFTER FOREVER, although this band is only consisting of two people. Their musical ideas are worked out very well, and if I were them, I would definitely try and put a band together, so they would be able to play live as well. The CD opens with “Alone”, which captures the soprano voice of Juliana and the good musicianship of Thomas. I liked the raw riffs in the beginning of “Martyrs And Madmen” a lot. This song also captures part of a speech of George W. Bush. “Fair Haven” is a very lengthy song, in which the band puts all their strength. The nice combination of the well-known gothic metal sound in addition to the more thrashy riffs is a new fresh way to approach the crowded gothic metal style. And again I must state, that the good ideas of these two musicians would definitely do more justice with a full band backing up Juliana’s voice. “Fair Haven” is definitely the highlight on this CD for me. The CD closer is a beautiful instrumental piece, called “Transcanding God”. It creates a beautiful, dark atmosphere, together with the mourning sound of the violins and the guitar riffs in the background. DREMORA has put some exciting musical ideas on their debut CD here. They even tried to create a sound of their own. There is still a long way to go though, but the first steps are very promising indeed for this band. Website: http://www.dremora.net. [7 points] (Toine van Poorten)
Source: http://www.metalmaidens.com/
Recently