Shiva - Desert Dreams - 2004

Shiva / Desert Dreams (Japanese Ed.)
Жанр: Heavy Metal
Страна-производитель диска: Japan
Год издания: 2004
Издатель (лейбл): Spiritual Beast
Номер по каталогу: SBCD-1013
Страна: Sweden
Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac)
Тип рипа: image+.cue
Битрейт аудио: (lossy + lossless)
Продолжительность: 53:34
: ilijan ( спасибо за японца)
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Треклист:
1.Mystery Of Mind
2.Desert Dreams
3.Unjustify The Truth
4pletely Strangers
5.Losing My Child
6.Passenger Of Live
7.Crucified
8.Porno Star
9.Dawning Of A New Horizon
10.The Preacher
11.Dow Jones Index *
12.No Place For The Living *
* - Japanese Edition Bonus Tracks

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Об исполнителе (группе)

Shiva released their debut album on Z-Records sometime ago and now vocalist Anette Johansson and Mats Edstrom on guitar and keyboards
follows up that debut with Desert Dreams.
Back in 1994 this duo released an album with the band Yankee Heaven that was a boring and average melodic hardrock/AOR album.
If the debut was AORish then Desert Dreams is the opposite with heavy guitars, bombastic keyboards with a modern sound,it's a brilliant mix of heavy melodic hardrock with some nu-breed influences.
The album is filled with awesome melodies but I must say that it's Anette Johansson's vocals that gives this album a whole new identity.
This girl has a voice that will chock you for sure because she has both the power, passion and feeling in her voice. It's been a long time since I heard a female vocalist this good, she rocks big time and reminds a little bit of Amy Lee(Evanescence) with more power.
Soundwise this can be compared with acts like Pink Cream 69, Helloween and Crystal Ball with a female vocalist. There is also some hints of Evanescence

Об альбоме (сборнике)

he album opens up with 3 tracks that are heavy as hell but still very melodic and with great variation. Plus with Anettes vocals they manage to bring out some outstanding riff-tastic songs with power and memorable hooklines.
After that they deliver absolutely brilliant melodic hardrock songs, like the superb Completetely Stranger. It opens up with hard and heavy guitarriffs from Mats mixed with lovely melodies and the chorus is brilliant with great hooks that will rip your face off.
The ballad Losing My Child is beautiful and reminds of Evanescence's My Immortal so you can imagine that this is something extra.
Crucified is a huge driven pompy rocker with plenty of crunching guitars and this song has the chorus of the album. Classy stuff.
The end of the album is again a bit heavier than the middle part but it?s great stuff with high quality songs.
This Swedish duo has really surprised me and MTM will have a strong release with Shiva. If you into more heavier melodic hardrock with some
modern influences so don't be affraid to discover this fantastic album.
Review taken from melodic

Состав

Mats Edström - Guitars, Bass, Drums, Keyboards
Anette Johansson - Vocals