NEFELIM ‘GATES OF CREATION’ (INDEPENDENT)
NEFELIM was formed about 10 years ago, but had to wait until last year before releasing their official debut CD ‘Gates of creation’. The band is playing good Prog/Power Metal a la SYMPHONY X, with many keys and breaks, yet the vocals are not that strong, and also the 7 songs (still 45 minutes playing length) are not really shocking. Instrumental it sounds very good, but like I said the vocals of singer/keyboardplayer DJ Avad are not convincing enough. Still songs like “Lethe” and “Dawn” are good Progressive Metal songs a la SYMPHONY X. Not as good as the other Russian Prog/Power Metalbands, but still this is a nice CD to check out. You can buy the CD at www.metal-cd.ru
(Points: 7.5 out of 10)