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After “My own Angel”, which my review can be read on ramtatta.de at the link http://www.ramtatta.de/s/reviews/f/details/id/3891/, comes “Last Song for Venus” with eleven songs.
In 2011, I wrote that I had fallen in love with Rosa de la Cruz's voice. That love is still there. Rosa can still sing like a young goddess. Her voice is powerful, accented, and full of emotion. However, the great enthusiasm, the love of the early days has faded a bit. This is because the songs are no longer as focused on Rosa, and the men in the band are more vocally involved in the songs. Rosa's singing thus alternates more frequently with the men's screamo and clean vocal parts. This is quite fitting in itself, but it pushes the singer a bit into the background, especially in the last piece that the band presents acoustically; I would have liked to hear the female part more prominently.
ANKOR has overall changed little in their musical style. There are still intricately crafted songs with a lot, a lot of melody. The guitars and the keyboard form a perfectly fitting alliance. The drums are still played by Jordi. Jordi already showed what he can do on the first album, and he plays just as well here.
ANKOR has largely maintained their style, which consists of hard Nightwish, metal, rock, and a lot of melody. I mention Nightwish just to provide a point of reference. Nightwish is not one of my favorite bands, but ANKOR is!
With “At Last Rest”, the band shows that they can also do epic metal with gothic and electronic influences. The piece lasts over 9 minutes (!), and you think it can't get any better after 90 seconds, but it does get better. It is an epic piece that showcases all the skills of the Spaniards. “At Last Rest” is, so to speak, the essence of ANKOR!
The Spanish band ANKOR is, for me, an exceptional band, and I absolutely cannot understand why they are still so unknown!
Did I already mention that I love Rosa de la Cruz's voice?
Give it a listen, convince yourself!
To get in the mood, I recommend the current video for the song “The Dark Passenger”, which can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f3y0J2Zya4&list=PL4D47F0480DE1F8E6
