Band:
Lisa (Vocals)
marco (Guitar)
Philip (Guitar)
Nils (Bass)
Gerit (Drums)
Discography:
India (2005)
Ravenheart (2004)
Kill The Sun (2003)
Guests:
Mika Taurinen (Vocals)
Links:
xandria.de
myspace
drakkar
There are many great songs on Salomé but they are equal in number as the poorer tracks that make the album sink further down the grades. To be fair, I had huge expectations for this album since the previous albums had blown me away, musically not lyrically, with their melodic heavy metal with semi-operatic female vocals and some classical arrangements. The sound of Xandria have always been fresh and interesting in its melodic landscape, but Salomé is more of a landslide that in large parts destroys the landscape. It isn't all bad, songs like Salomé, Save My Life, Let Sleeping Dogs Lie, Sisters of the Light and maybe some other one makes this landscape hold most of the shape and become somewhat of a disappointment but not a huge disaster as it had potential to become if you listen to songs like i.e Vampire or Firestorm.
Have you ever been inside a plane? That is actually the starting line of Firestorm, it is really poor and not to mention the now totally chainsawed Vampire, I don't even want to think about it. Still, in all intents and purposes: it isn't all that bad like I may have made it out to look. It is well worth your ear, the poorer songs aren't truly that poor, just very poor considering Xandria's previous material like ‘India’ or ‘Ravenheart’.
I would still deeply recommend ‘India’ as a buy over this one. Half hit and half filling is what will rattle your teeth when playing this album aloud.