Sea Of Tranquility



The Web Source for Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal & Jazz-Fusion
  Search   in       
Main Menu




Gabriel, Marta: Metal Queens

Every once in a while a singer comes along who truly captures the spirit of traditional heavy metal. Of course the masters like Dio, Halford and Dickinson fit the description, as well as people like Geoff Tate, Midnight and Leather Leone who also stretched it into New directions and oozed natural talent and power. Marta Gabriel of polish NWOTHM band Crystal Viper is definitely one of them. She is an absolute powerhouse and makes her presence felt with full force whenever she opens her mouth to sing.

Metal Queens is a covers album and sees Marta going solo with the clear purpose of paying homage to some of her favorite female metal heroes by lovingly recreating some of her favorite songs by those artists. Marta is supported by a fine cast of killer players including Eric Juris who gives an explosive performance on guitar duties throughout the album. Ripping up the tracks with both great shredding leads and ballsy rhythm playing. The bass is handled well by Marta herself and Cederick Forsberg admirably handles the drums and percussion.

The production is fine with everything very clear and clean. Perhaps a little too clean for my personal taste. I’m not sure if the drums were recorded with triggers or sample replacements but they have that modern clicky, typewriter sound which I really don’t like. My preference is always for a more organic drum sound.

The album is consistently fantastic with Marta and band doing justice and more to every track. Some standouts however are the fantastic “Metal Queen” by Lee Aaron with its epic and infectious melody and chorus.

The mighty “Light in the Dark” by Chastain in which Marta really nails Leather Leone’s vibe and there’s also a cool guest appearance from Jag Panzer’s Harry Conklin.

The Malteze beast “count your blessings” absolutely slays and the video clip is pretty cool too. Finally the hard hitting “Reencarnacion” originally by Santa sung in Spanish is another slab of killer heavy metal delivered with passion and power.

Metal Queens is an album dedicated to honoring the great ladies of metal and Marta Gabriel and the band have succeeded in that endeavor. Metal Queens kicks ass from start to finish and any traditional heavy metal fan will love it.


LINE UP :
Marta Gabriel - lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
Eric Juris - lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars, choirs
Cederick Forsberg- drums and percussion, choirs


SPECIAL GUESTS:
John Gallagher (RAVEN) -bass guitar on ”My Angel”
Harry Conklin (JAG PANZER) -vocals on ”Light In The Dark”
Todd Michael Hall (RIOT V) -vocals on ”Call Of The Wild”


Track Listing
1. Max Overload (ACID) 03:17
2. Metal Queen (LEE AARON) 04:27
3. Call Of The Wild (BLACKLACE) 04:19
4. Light In The Dark (CHASTAIN) 05:17
5. Rebel Ladies (ZED YAGO) 04:33
6. My Angel (ROCK GODDESS) 02:59
7. Count Your Blessings (MALTEZE) 04:56
8. Goin' Wild (WENDY O' WILLIAMS) 04:25
9. Bad Attitude (HELLION) 04:48
10. Reencarnacion (SANTA) 05:00
11. Mr Gold (WARLOCK) 03:22

Added: August 21st 2021
Reviewer: Benjamin Dudai
Score:
Related Link: Artist Facebook Page
Hits: 639
Language: english

[ Printer Friendly Page Printer Friendly Page ]
[ Send to a Friend Send to a Friend ]

  

[ Back to the Reviews Index | Post Comment ]



2004 Sea Of Tranquility
For information regarding where to send CD promos and advertising, please see our FAQ page.
If you have questions or comments, please Contact Us.
Please see our Policies Page for Site Usage, Privacy, and Copyright Policies.

All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owner. The comments are property of their posters, all other content Sea of Tranquility

SoT is Hosted by SpeedSoft.com