Xtasy – Eye Of The Storm
Label: Metalapolis records
Release date: March 6th, 2020
Website: www.xtasyband.com
Spanish band XTASY topped every album with the next so far. Right away (“Die Young“) you feel like on a rollercoaster ride. “Eye Of The Storm“, album number three of the female fronted melodic hard rock band, is definitely harder (“The War“ or “Play With Fire“) than the first two efforts but offers amazing melodies (e.g. “Perfect Strangers“, “Welcome To My World“ or “Silent Heroes“) as well. Vocalist Silvia Idoate’s voice can be really powerful and emotional depending on what a song actually needs. Great stuff for fans of VIXEN, MARTINA EDHOFF or even ECLIPSE for instance. Erik Mårtensson (ECLIPSE, W.E.T.) once again took over the mix and mastering and contributed to the songwriting, too, whereas the album was produced by Jorge Olloqui (g). “Eye Of The Storm“ will absolutely pave the way for XTASY on their mission to establish themselves in the top acts of the genre. Another gem to prove my very positive rating is “Crashing Down“. There’s finest hard rock with lots of AOR elements all over the place. Well done or…muy bien hecho!
9/10
Martin Stark
Track List:
1. Die Young 3:26
2. Play With Fire 3:20
3. Eye Of The Storm 3:38
4. Perfect Strangers 3:18
5. Welcome To My World 4:37
6. The War 3:50
7. Flesh & Blood 3:29
8. Crashing Down 4:43
9. Nowhere To Run 3:19
10. The Clock 3:20
11. Silent Heroes 3:08
