Arrival

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Band Name Wilde Starr
Album Name Arrival
Type Album
Released date 01 August 2009
Labels Self-Produced
Music StyleMelodic Metal
Members owning this album8

Tracklist

1.
 Rose in the Dark
 07:33
2.
 Arrival
 05:55
3.
 Touching God
 05:16
4.
 Rise
 05:39
5.
 Down of the Sun
 05:16
6.
 In This World
 05:28
7.
 Generation Next
 03:31
8.
 Nevermore
 06:37
9.
 Voice in the Silence
 04:55
10.
 The Chain
 04:18

Total playing time: 54:28

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Wilde Starr


Review @ Victim_of_Deception

28 September 2009
Very shiny traditional metal is on offer here that has a really positive vibe. The riffs are quite prominent in their deliverance of Judas Priest-like rhythms to the greatest extent possible. The entertaining displays are quite enthralling and manage to capture your attention to a decent extent. They show a band that has fun performing their material and injects Arrival with a load of exuberance. For this reason alone I find them better than the thrash band Laaz Rockit of which Dave Starr has also been a part of, there’s simply more excitement to be found.

Does the band ever delve into the cheesiness power metal is capable of displaying? I don’t think so as the band stays in a defined sound of their own creation quite effectively. The work has enough momentum to constantly push it forward so it remains interesting and enjoyable. The best track here is possibly “Down of the Sun” in its own unique fashion although there is plenty to like on the album. The comparisons to traditional bands like Judas Priest suffices well to display how they are able to forge metallic tendencies of the truest nature to the world.

It seems that the band have united enough to find a spark that ignites inside them and carried this forth to the metal world for all to see. They thus remain a compelling entity and one that should be checked by almost anybody. With a few more interesting twists and turns their sound could turn out to be even better, so hopefully this is only a taste of possible things to come in the future. A good effort with lots of melody and solid vocals and performances abound.

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Review @ Kerbinator

31 August 2009
Wilde Starr is a female fronted Band and its management says in the vein of Vicious Rumors, Judas Priest and Evanesence.
Ok, I can agree with the Vicious Rumors vibes. No wonder if you know that Dave Starr who plays bass and guitars on this album is also the bassplayer of Vicious Rumors over the last 22 years. But Judas Priest and Evanesence ?  We will see what this review find out. London Wilde is the name of the female frontgirl and Jim Hawthorne completes the band on drums. After a short symphonic intro the song Rose in the dark opens this debut album with a pumping riff and speedy begin. The first important impression is that London Wilde is not a female frontlady in the line of Tarja of other amounts of singing elvions on this planet....no, London owns a strong and clear rock voice more in the tradition of female fronted 80's bands. The song breaks in the middle into a melodic part and a short background anchorman voice before it continues furious with a unbelievable first scream of London Wilde. Wow, didn't hear a female scream like this for a long time. Now it is speed time again with machine gun like guitar riffing. The second powerful scream leads the song to a longer guitar part before it ends in union with London's backing vocals. Amazing start in this album. The titletrack Arrival starts with a mystical intro and the following guitar part remembers me to Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime. The song comes with deeper dark vocals and is more played in midtempo with symphonic background keys also played by London Wilde. In the refrain the vocals are changing from melodic high in the back to dark in the front. After a short guitar break the song ends with Tony Iommi like riffing. By the way it can be said that Dave Starr has his own guitar style. Sometimes influenced by US Powermetal bands of the past, sometimes with progressive and sometimes with a little industrial touch. Another short intro leads the third track Touching god to a drumpart and dark, Sabbath-like guitars. Mystical keys in the back interrupted from hectic vocals and riffs. This song has definetely its epic moments, but it is a song that will not be remembered like the first two. The next song Rise has that industrial touch in the beginning and continues with lots of speed. The lead guitar could also stay on one of the Vicious Rumors albums. London Wilde is really shouting this time. Screaming high in the powerful refrain . A slower midpart brings her back screaming again. An awesome lon guitar solo ends this song. Down to the sun starts slowly...a ballad? No !! Pumping guitars follow, but chaning with balladesque parts. So the heart of this song is the melodic guitar solo and it fades out with a long instrumental part. This song has definetely his moments in the music not so much in the vocals.
The following In this world opens up with typical power metal guitars. Seems that I have heard this before...hm don't know yet. But it is a well known part. The vocals start immediately with dark and progressive metal touch. This song wants to show us our world like it is in these days, so the whole track is surrounded by darkness and full of fear before it find its way in an melodic end.
Killer riff intro and a high scream - thats the start of Generation next. 80's metal guitar leads and midtempo vocals taking speed in between. This could be a song from the mighty 80's heroes Omen or Vicious Rumors. Uncompromising work that comes directly to the point. How is our next generation? Track 8 is Nevermore. Lovely intro-is this the ballad of the album ? Silent vocals - yes, we could describe this song as ballad or semi-ballad. The sad, silent vocals dominate, the refrains are overlayed with strong guitars. Queensryche influenced I would say. But London Wilde can't hold it the whole song, she has to bring her screams (that's her trademark, I see) again. This is not a cheesy ballad like from many other female fronted bands. This is only wonderful music with an acoustic part in the end.  Mindcrime again? Voice in the silence starts like that. It remembers me for a short time. Following the amazing vocals with all the facettes she owns and one of the best refrains of the whole album. This song is very guitar dominated. Straight forward with progressive elements. The last song The Chain starts similar to the first song in the beginning. It marks the red line that leads through the whole album with all the fantastic, but dark lyrics of London Wilde. The song speeds in with straight guitar lines. The vocals are in between melodic and shouting. Refrain cannot kick like in other songs of this album but the guitars are real heavy and...again...US Metal orientated. A great solo ends this debut.
This album is a debut, but it don't sound like one. Here it shows all the experience the musicians got through their carreer.
For me it has its very own style and I like the rocking voice of London Wilde. Better than all that second row opera girls in other bands. I think the influences are bands from the 80's, thats Dave Starr's background. But also in bands like Queensryche and Black Sabbath. The veins of Judas Priest and Evanesence I don't see in their music. But the mixture of powerful music and variable vocals makes this band and album as a must to check out. Horns up !!

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