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Heavenly - Carpe Diem

1. Carpe Diem
2. Lost In Your Eyes
3. Farewell
4. Full Moon
5. A Better Me
6. Ashen Paradise
7. The Face Of Truth
8. Ode To Joy
9. Save Our Souls

France is a relatively quiet country when it comes to producing metal bands, but Heavenly have been crafting their Parisian power-metal since their inception in 1994. Many members have passed through their ranks during their career - including Dragonforce bassist Frédéric Leclercq - but their grandiose brand of fist-pumping pomp had remained constant and strong.

‘Carpe Diem’ opens with the title track, a power-metal how-to including galloping rhythms, clarity of production, high-pitched vocals, eighties-style synth and widdly guitar solos. ‘Farewell’ is the ballad, soppy but driven with some seriously zenith-scraping singing. ‘The Face Of Truth’, possibly the catchiest song on the album, has solid riffs, a good synth hook and some very impressive vocals.

Heavenly’s ‘Carpe Diem’ is the light to the dark side of power metal; camp, fluffy and proud. It lacks a real stand out track like ‘Spill Blood On Fire’ on the 2006 album ‘Virus’, but the songs are good fun and the standard is consistent. The front cover also makes this worth buying. So bring on the candy-coated, cute, kitsch power-metal parade from Paris. You just might like it.

Reviewed by Annette Simmonds
‘Carpe Diem’ is out now on AFM records
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