Sarayasign - Throne of Gold

[Random Axe]

Here's a very pleasant surprise.

This is another crossover band that would appeal to a few genres but I find this to be melodic metal not too far from Last Tribe with a little AOR leaning. The singer, however, is special. He's got a huge Jorn meets Jimi Jamison vibe. He's a freakin stud on this. Its an import only and is expensive but well worth it.


https://youtu.be/jSNN9yrL1bg

[introclaus]

Here's a very pleasant surprise.

This is another crossover band that would appeal to a few genres but I find this to be melodic metal not too far from Last Tribe with a little AOR leaning. The singer, however, is special. He's got a huge Jorn meets Jimi Jamison vibe. He's a freakin stud on this. Its an import only and is expensive but well worth it.

https://youtu.be/jSNN9yrL1bg

You weren't kidding about the singer - he totally rules! Music is like you said a bit along the style of Last Tribe or Balance of Power (semi-proggy AOR), however, after listening through entire album once I felt a bit let down ... it was a bit bland. Will give it another shot, as the singer really has some serious pipes on him.

[introclaus]

It suddenly clicked … and hard!
Gosh this album is amazing. Been listening non stop last 3 days

[BumZen]

Nice recommendation. What a singer!

[venidominefan]

Great album!

[LarryD]

Didn't get the disc yet - but that singer is indeed amazing. It's really good to see singers like that still exist........

[introclaus]

Well …. There goes that band ….

They’ve signed to Frontiers which means three things will happen:
- there’ll be pressure on them to release an album each year whether they are ready or not, in case they aren’t ready they will be assigned one of Frontiers’ in-house songwriters to help them out and they will end up sounding like any other Frontiers band
- they will be assigned one of the in-house producers to give them the same stupid flat production all Frontiers albums gets these days
- the vocalist will now appear on five different albums in strange constellations each year

Gosh! I know it’s a tough business out there and that Frontiers is a “big” label in the melodic scene, but come on …

[Random Axe]

Not necessarily.

Stef told me about the Frontiers deal a few months ths back. If you look at some of their bands that aren't congruent to the formula like Paralydium, Turbulence, Seventh Wonder and Stryper. they've pretty much let them do their own thing.

Plus, the music for Throne of Gold is over 20 years old, so no telling what kind of stuff they write now.

Let's give them a chance. Yes, Frontiers can be a formulaic machine buy theyve also had a hand in releasing some pretty badass stuff untainted by Serafino or over produced by Al Del.

[introclaus]

Not necessarily.

Stef told me about the Frontiers deal a few months ths back. If you look at some of their bands that aren't congruent to the formula like Paralydium, Turbulence, Seventh Wonder and Stryper. they've pretty much let them do their own thing.

Plus, the music for Throne of Gold is over 20 years old, so no telling what kind of stuff they write now.

Let's give them a chance. Yes, Frontiers can be a formulaic machine buy theyve also had a hand in releasing some pretty badass stuff untainted by Serafino or over produced by Al Del.

Stryper isn’t a good example to be honest with Michael now on three different Frontiers projects.
And I don’t know about Turbulence and Paralydium yet as they are “new” so perhaps Serafino hasn’t gotten to them yet.
Seventh Wonder - well, looks like they are already spreading themselves thin with Andreas delivering his best work of the year on ZH and letting SW become a joke (gosh that newest album sucks).

Okay, in all fairness, I respect Serafino from turning his business into a solid money making machine - but it’s very formulaic and calculated, and many of the bands are suffering from it now.
I’ve worked with Frontiers on various bands in the past and enjoyed most of the interactions I had with Serafino, so to be honest it’s nothing personal. I just don’t want SARAYASIGN to go same way as we’ve seen other bands lately.