Temptress Catch The Endless Dawn Review by Gary Hill
This Italian metal outfit have released a satisfying slab of stomping metal music with Catch the Endless Dawn. If you like your metal old-school with a lot of NWOBHM sound in the mix, this is probably just what the doctor ordered. They have a decent range here, but nothing is going to stand out as deeply original. It’s strong enough driving metal that that doesn’t really matter.
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Track by Track Review
Beneath the Waves of Fantasia - Breathe the Dust of Time
Keyboards start this. A whispered, echoey vocal comes over the top of that. Old school metal guitar rises up as the track continues from there. The vocals bring some stoner metal vibes with them. That whispered voice returns on the bridge section. This is a solid vintage sounding metal rocker. It has some killer melodic guitar that calls to mind Judas Priest for me.
Dream Metal
This drives in with fierce metallic jamming. That holds the tune, sans vocals for a while. Then it drops to balladic vibes for the entrance of the vocals. It builds back out after that first vocal section. We get some driving classic metal sound here. As strong as the opener was, this one definitely surpasses it.
Woman of the Dark
While this isn’t a huge change, it seems a little more “meat and potatoes,” just focusing on straight-ahead metal. The faster paced instrumental section has some killer guitar soloing.
Catch the Endless Dawn
The title track is a straight-ahead metal tune with some killer riffs.
Awake the Enchanter
I dig the riffing on this thing a lot. The cut isn’t a big change, but it’s another effective metal stomper. This is a power metal romp with some great hooks. It’s among the best music here. It also has a drop back movement that gets us into mellower zones.
Fears Like Towers
This literally screams in and drives out from there with furious metal. The guitar melodies over the top of the opening are great. This slows a little for the vocal section, but it doesn’t lose its intensity. The jam later in the track is so tasty. This has some really great riffing and guitar soloing.
Nightflight over Dreamland (Instrumental)
There are some definite Iron Maiden like moments at play here. This has some great melodies and shifts and changes. At times it is thrashy. It’s also one of the strongest things here.
She's Cold
Here we get another stomping, anthemic metal romp. This is all class. While it’s not a huge change, somehow they up the stakes and the quality.
