The Spectre Beneath – The Ashen Child Review

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Metal music is always surprising me. When one thinks that female vocals are allowed to Symphonic Metal bands or to Folk Metal bands we receive the astonishing fast and furious The Spectre Beneath with “The Ashen Child,” an album that will make my dear child of the night wonder why there are so few girls singing. Stevie’s vocals fits just perfectly with the band’s mayhem giving it an aura of coolness and awesomeness really difficult to match. By opening, and hitting at all, track “Forsaken…We All Fall” it’s possible to notice that the band really means by its frentic instrumental intro and Stevie’s voice contrasting with the groundshaking instrumentals. A highlight to the guitar solo sequence that really goes breaking everything in pieces.

It’s interesting how The Spectre Beneath deal with the very consistent instrumentals that bounce every time from the heavy and the sweet and I mean not only with vocals. The band deals with them using instrumentals as well putting some unexpected keyboards here and there or giving the hitting a break. From where I’m standing the best features the troupe delivers the fan. “Time Dilation” tells this tale. Its ups and dows are really amazing. But the star in “Refuse of the Past” is really Stevie. By its very initial moments she really gives her best using her versatile voice while the guitars and drums make the way a la Judas Priest very finest moments. Its main guitar riff’s speed is really amazing and mesmerizing. In “As Far As the Eye Can See” the band showcases its ability to write a heavy ballad which each metaller can be proud of. There is some taste of Evanescence in it maybe due to vocals or the mesmerizing and hypnotic piano – I guess mostly to the piano, but the guitar solo dissipates the impression giving it a real The Spectre Beneath stapler.

The blend The Spectre Beneath do here showcases a very mature band that really knows what they are doing. Their consistent instrumentals plus the magnificient and versatile vocals do amaze the fan. It’s really great to listen to a female vocals in a band that does so much noise. I’m so proud to nomimate it.

P.S.: What a disturbing album cover though beautiful.

The Spectre Beneath “The Ashen Child” was independently released on July 14th.

Track Listing:

  1. Forsaken…We All Fall
  2. Time Dilation
  3. Refuse of the Past
  4. As Far As the Eye Can See
  5. The Ashen Child: New Home
  6. The Ashen Child: Falling off the World

Watch “Forsaken…We All Fall” official lyric video:

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