One of the terrors of a writer is to have nothing to put on paper, I mean, the famous writer’s block. From where I am standing, the most difficult thing is to break the ice and start writing. The moment I started everything gets easy. Well, not all the time, but most of it. It is not hard science we are talking about.
Sometimes while listening to an album, there is some kind of déjà vu feeling. That’s what happened while listening to Starforce with “Beyond the Eternal Night” and its first kill “Andrómeda.” It brought great memories from the time I used to listen to a band called Angeles del Infierno.
“Beyond the Eternal Night” is an album that bounces from Old School Heavy Metal to Speed Metal with very tight instrumentals, which sometimes, especially the guitars, border the Neoclassical performance. By the way, the guitars here are great. They are well-produced, with great sound quality, nice technique and all. Starforce‘s team performs very well together and it is possible to notice how cohesive they are together. The same way the band bounces from Old School Heavy Metal to Speed Metal, it does the same with English and Spanish regrading to the languages they use in the songs. From the 11 tracks of the album, there are 4 in Spanish and 7 in English. This is maybe as being their debut album, Starforce decided to use some songs from their demos. This is a estrategy some bands use. It was grande finale “Lejos de Ti” that made me think it was recorded before due to the instrumental differences.
I liked very much the band’s heavy hand in each track. Mely “Wild” Solís’ strong vocals helped a lot. Her tone in English speaking tracks – english speaking tracks?!? – is very near to our Metal Queen Doro Pesch’s as “Rock And Roll Slave“ tells the fan. I liked very much the filling-all-the-sonic-blanks effect the drumming had here. “The Prophecy” starts low and calm, that calm before the storm, better saying becasue the calm and tranquil mood goes soon away leaving the place for one more Starforce‘s musical spanking. The same tranquil beginning happens with “Lejos de Ti,” that, in fact, is much more of a power ballad. Here the speed shifts, but not that much as the previous “The Prophecy.”
As a curious piece of information, the intro “Up to the Collapse in the Far Future“ has that Stranger Things mood that became common in many 1980s inspired bands. I mean that 1980s video game sound we all know. However, the thing is that, as far as I know, real deal bands from the 1980s did not use this kind of sonancy. From where I am standing, – okay, I may be wrong – this a modern constructo.
Starforce “Beyond the Eternal Night” will be released on November 14th via Jawbreaker Records.
Track Listing:
- Up to the Collapse in the Far Future
- Andrómeda
- Rock And Roll Slave
- The Prophecy
- Space Warrior
- Piel Helada
- R.T.K. (Sadistic Impulses)
- Sonata en Bm (Drapped in Light)
- Sign of an Angel
- Stay Heavy
- Lejos de Ti
Watch “Rock And Roll Slave” official music video here:
I’m just a lucky guy who has chosen metal to live with for a long time. Metal changed my life for good. It made me more confident and stronger. Metalheads are naturally far away from the mass mediocrity and don’t accept impostures from anybody else. Metal is more than music, it’s a life changing oportunity!