Description
Evercircle was the third and final album from Saidian, Germany. If you love Edguy and want more than check this band out. This is keyboard based power metal filled with attitude and light hearted romp through a gallery of shimmering hooks and speedy double bass runs. The vocalist is really good, with a melodic voice and a lot of range to boot, and his vocal lines are just superb, with excellently written choruses on every song on this thing. Evercircle starts in typical Power Metal fashion with “Out of the Shadows,” a nice up-tempo rocker, but then the album takes a very weird trip through a time-warp back to the 80s when they perform a cover version of “Tokyo” by the band Tokyo. “Solomon’s Dance” opens with a keyboard riff that sounds suspiciously like Europe’s “The Final Countdown.” You have to sit through a sappy ballad (“Once in My Dreams”) before the album gets back on track with “Pale Moon Rider.” The remainder of Evercircle is filled with decent, mid-paced songs before finishing with the strongest track on the album, “Halos for Everyone.” This song is so reminiscent of Edguy’s Theatre of Salvation album – I think Tobias Sammet is due a co-writing credit. One thing that Saidian excel at is the catchy chorus, with “Solomon’s Dance” and “Halos for Everyone” sticking in my head like gum on the bottom of my shoe. The peformances on Evercircle are solid with some creative lead work from guitarist Rodrigo Blattert and keyboardist Markus Bohr, but the real star is singer Markus Engelfried. He has the high-pitched, clear delivery so common to Power Metal and when he screams, he sounds a good deal like the aforementioned Herr Sammet. Overall, Evercircle is somewhat uneven and sounds a too much like other bands at times, but it is, nonetheless a fun listen. If you are just putting your toes into the Power Metal pool, I can give you some better places to start, but if you’re in up to your ears, you will probably enjoy Saidian’s efforts.
Track list:
1. Out Of The Shadows
2. Tokyo-Tokyo cover
3. Solomons Dance
4. Once In My Dreams
5. Pale Moon Rider
6. Stroke Of A Genius
7. Moonlights Calling
8. Sign In The Sky
9. The Princess
10. Halos For Everyone