Year : 2018
Style : Power Progressive Metal
Country : Portugal
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 110 mb
Bio:
1999 - Formed By Marcos Carvalho (G) and Paulo Santos(D) as "Black Thunder"
2000 - Luis Guerreiro Joined (V)
2000 - Changed Name for "Fantasy Opus"
2001 - Recorded Self-Titled Demo Featuring Fernando Augusto(B)
2001 - Demo has great reviews in specialty fanzines, webzines, local radios
2001 - Nilson Santagueda Joined (B)
2002 - Luis Guerreiro (V) Left
2004 - Recorded Instrumental Sections of "Beyond Eternity" Featuring Iuri Conceição (K)
2007 - Claudio Santos(G) Joined The Band
2007 - Pedro Arroja(V) Joined The band and Recorded Vocals for "Beyond Eternity"
2008 - "Beyond Eternity" Explodes in the Portuguese, Brazillian and Japanese Underground, selling Thousands of Copies WorldWide without any Label Support
2008-2011 - Fantasy Opus plays in several festivals and Venues in Portugal, acclaimed as one of the biggest Portuguese Metal bands
2011 - Pedro Arroja(V), Paulo Santos(D) Leave the Band
2011 - Ricardo Alonso(D) Joined
2012 - Claudio Santos(G) Left
2012 - Writing process for the new album begins
2013 - Adam Nox(K), Leonel Silva(V) and Ruben Reis(G) get aboard.
2014 - Sean Lang(D) gets aboard to record the album
Album:
FANTASY OPUS is a Power/Progressive metal band based out of Lisbon, Portugal that was formed back in 1999 and this is their 2nd full length record entitled, “The Last Dream”; it was released on June 8th, 2018 through Pure Steel Records.One thing that is very evident on the first song is that the drumming of Ricardo Allonzo is extremely crisp and precise on “Ritual Of Blood” and the guitar melodies are strongly reminiscent of HELLOWEEN. The vocals of Leonel Silva remind me in the harsher parts to the ones of Piet Sielck (IRON SAVIOR).“Heaven Denied” should definitely please fans of ICED EARTH with its fast picking and in its chorus brings me back to the early days of HAMMERFALL. “Chosen Ones” sounds like its tapping into the soul of Yngwie Malmsteen with some very impressive solos and intelligently transitions into a power/thrash piece of pure metal.There are some other strong songs here including a nice acoustic ballad entitled “Lust”, which is a nice change of pace and “Every Scar Tells A Story”, which has a ton of power and emotion and by far some of the heaviest pounding riffs of the entire album. Last, but not least, we have a beautiful and superbly well-composed epic entitled, “The Perfect Storm”, that embodies everything good about a power/progressive piece of music; it has nice tempo changes and great keyboard parts and takes you a journey.Overall, there is a lot of strong material here for a 70+ minute album (note the album reviewed here did not have the last 2 tracks), all of the choruses have a purpose and nothing here is overdone. If you love your power/progressive style, definitely give this album a few listens; you will not be disappointed.
Line Up:
Marcos "Thor" Carvalho Guitars (lead) (1999-present)
Nilson Santágueda Bass (2002-present)
Sean Lang Drums (2013-present) - See also: Arcnaut, First Reign, Rhine, Seven Year Storm, ex-Cruel Young Heart, ex-LEAH, ex-Subdivisions, ex-Undercurrents
Ruben Reis Guitars (2013-present)
Adam Nox Keyboards (2013-present)
Leonel Silva Vocals (2013-present) - See also: Hourswill, Mindfeeder, Negacy, ex-Scar for Life
Tracklist:
01. Ritual of Blood 07:35
02. Heaven Denied 05:06
03. Chosen Ones 06:35
04. Lust 05:03
05. Conquer the Seas 07:09
06. Black Angels 06:29
07. Every Scar Tells a Story 06:56
08. Perfect Storm 12:56
09. Oceans 01:35
10. Realm of the Mighty Gods 05:29
11. King of the Dead 05:
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