Spiral Tower
Named for the
Psychotic Waltz
song (an early influence of the band),
Spiral Tower's history traces back to the early nineties and a
quintet who recorded a demo under the name Variety Of Arts and later
an album as
Tragedy Divine.
After that album, the group splintered in two.
Two of the members, wishing to pursue a less progressive, more
traditional metal direction, went on to form
Sacred Steel.
The remaining three recruited new members and
Spiral Tower was thus born.
The 2000 debut album,
Mindkiller, is a solid power metal album
with some progressive tendencies (though not to the extent of their
former influence Psychotic Waltz), with a sound that's far more
rooted in American metal than their German counterparts (certainly
more progressive than
Sacred Steel,
though again that was the reason Tragedy Divine broke up in the
first place.
Vocalist Alex Koch has a powerful midrange voice well suited to
this music
(indeed, he has been recruited as the new vocalist in
Winters Bane,
though he's not leaving this band),
and in general the music is classy, aggressive, powerful, and
the right mix of progressive elements (i.e. fine musicianship
without over-indulgence).
A fine debut from a recommended power-prog band.
Discography
Mindkiller
2000
Massacre
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- The eyes of the blind
- The martyr is dead
- Messenger from god
- On the wings of an eagle
- Tired faces
- Lord of the shadow
- Heartkiller
- Looking down on the moon
- Execute in excuse
- Feel the fears
|
- Alexander Koch
- Sven Podgurski
- Andreas Konstandaras
- Bernhard Altmann
- Frank Zube
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