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Onward was founded by guitarist Toby Knapp, previously a solo
artist on Shrapnel Records and interviewed in Guitar World Magazine at the age
of 18. Their debut album was set for release on Sentinel Steel Records but
Century Media bought them out and signed them to a multi-album deal. Therefore
the release of this debut album came a little late and the second album from
the band will be released later this year as well. What Knapp has created is a
band of the new power metal generation - a mix between the European and the
American style. There are bombastic drums as well as sharp, heavy guitar riffs
on this album and most important of all the vocals are among the best I´ve
heard from a power metal band in a long time. Michael Grant (who also has
released a solo album on Sentinel Steel Records) brings out the best of every
song with his emotional voice and melodies. The music is a mix of traditional
power metal elements from both sides of the Atlantic performed by some very
talented musicians but it is still the varied vocals from Grant that make
Onward a band above the rest. Perhaps there are a little too many shrieking
guitar solos but this debut release from Onward is definitely worth listening
to whether you are a power metal fan or not. It will be very interesting to
see what they can achieve with their second album. It might be hard to top
this one but we´ll see...
| Tracklist |
1. The Kindness Of Strangers 2. |
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Onward 3. The Waterfall Enchantress 4. The Last Sunset 5. |
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Absolution Mine 6. Witches Winter Eternal 7. Storm Coming |
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Soon 8. The Lost Side Of The World |
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