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Trinidad and Tobago is a small island nation in the Caribbean just to the north of Venezuela. It is a country that has made no noise in the metal world. With their debut album Upstairs, Orange Sky hope to change that. Orange Sky is a band that has become hugely successful and popular in their native land and who are now hoping to find success outside of the Caribbean region. In fact, the band was even recently named international ambassadors by Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Tourism.
Orange Sky straddle the thin line between hard rock and metal. Many of the songs on Upstairs would not be out of place on a modern rock radio station. However, the band adds elements that allow the record to transcend the tired clichés of the hard rock genre. The whole disc has a very caribbean feel due to the incorporation of music styles such as reggae and calypso. This is well done are can be best seen on the tracks, “Peace Train” and “Real Love”. These songs are laid back and allow the listening to just chill out. The album is very upbeat and happy, which is a welcome change from the despair and brutality so common in metal. I could not help but feel happier when listening to the CD.
Upstairs is certainly not a revolutionary album, but Orange Sky know their abilities and play to them well on Upstairs. It is always neat to hear metal coming from a region where there seemed that there was none. I wish them the best as they work to spread metal to a decidedly unmetal country.
| Tracklist |
| 1. It's Over |
| 2. Escape |
| 3. Beautiful Day |
| 4. Alone |
| 5. Angels |
| 6. Dogs |
| 7. Peace Train |
| 8. Cast Away |
| 9. Real Love |
| 10. Tug Of War |
| 11. Alive |
| 12. Falling |
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