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Winterfell
Winter Is Coming
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Winterfell is a Central
Pennsylvania-based band that plays a technical brand of traditional power metal
drawing influences from Manowar and Iced Earth.
The complexity of Winterfell's compositions suggests a band that has been
together for much longer than 4 years and in their early 20's. The twin guitar
leads of Andy Craven and Jason Nadeau are technically superb without being
overly flashy. Their riffs are very crisp and they possess and excellent sound
which so many bands lack. Robb Graves strong vocals are reminiscent of Kevin
Barlow from Iced Earth. Graves ability to hit the low tones and high screams
(as is shown in the excellent epic 10 1/2 minute track "The Will Of The King")
allow Winterfell to compose tracks that are diverse in speed and emotion.
Drummer James Irvine keeps the back end rock solid with his appealing snare tone
and double bass drum attack.
Overall, Winterfell's compositions are as previously mentioned of epic nature
possessing intricate time changes that challenge the listener to pay close
attention. This is especially apparent on "War Angel" which features impressive
guitar solos as well.
Winterfell is to be commended for their CD packaging and for placing four strong
songs on this disc instead of falling into the trap of recording mediocre songs
just to have a full-length CD. Considering "Winter Is Coming" is their debut
effort, Winterfell has an impressive start and can only improve with time.
Members:
Robb Graves - Vocals
Andy Craven - Guitars
Jason Nadeau - Guitars
James Irvine - Drums
Homepage:
http://www.winteriscoming.com
http://www.winterfell.org/
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