Edenial are a hot new Chile band fronted by the alluring Francisca Lastra, with the album coming in both English and Spanish versions. Their style is a more prog metal, but no less catchy, Lacuna Coil/We Are The Fallen featuring the highly skilled fretwork of Gerardo Ihle, good grief this guy can shred, the technical clanking/grunting/slapping bass as lead of Cano Graepp, and the pounding drums of Daniel Urdangrin. Francisca has a powerful expressive voice that cuts through the raging riffage and thunderous production ensuring that there is always a good tune at the heart of the music. Their technical prowess, immense sound, and skilled songwriting lift them out of the quagmire of alt-rock/metal bands, this is an album that should go down a storm with alt/gothic/prog metal fans alike.
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