Joel Linder-drums
Peter is new in this band; he also played with Majestic on
the first cd and before with the glamrockers Nasty Idols.
Reviewed by: Anders Sandvall
Album Rating: 9,5/10
Reptilian
This band started
when Joel and Jonas left Majestic in '99 but they still
wanted to play together. They formed Reptilion and there
was no problem finding people for the new group. The debut
"Castle Of Yesterday" was recorded in 2000. Music-wise it
was a pretty good album. The only thing that was not as
good as the rest was Jonas´voice. Now the second album is
here and there are some new people in the band. Orvar
Wennström has quit and now the line-up is:
Jonas Blum-lead vocals
Cody Look-bass
Thomas Blum-keyboard
Lasse Boquist-guitar
Peter Espinoza-guitar
Compared to the debut, this album is much, much better.
The music is heavy, fast, straight heavy metal with some
melodic, 80's and glamrock influences. The album also has
some nice choirs. Jonas also does a tremendous job vocally
on this one. Jonas has some training singing in another
band and the other band tours alot and has given him
routine.
The album starts with the title track. It’s a calm intro
before the music sets off. It’s got a real fast guitar
solo in the beginning of the song. And the choirs back up
Jonas real good. It’s fast heavy metal.In "Vengeance Of
Dark" there’s more of slow heavy metal. This track sounds
a bit like 80's heavy metal. There’s a long guitar solo in
the middle of the song. Another song with some 80's
influences is "The Conqueror". In "Knight Of Hades" there´s
more fast heavy metal with real strong back up's. "Chains
Of Love" is another 80's metal song, it sounds almost like
Dokken. "Madman City" sounds like glam-rock from the 80’s,
especially in the refrain. "Raging Storms" is a beatiful
ballad. There’s a little heavier metal on "Watching Hell
From Above" and also a lot of guitar. "In My Zombie Sleeps"
contains more 80's metal and there’s also some slower
parts in the song. The druming from Joel rules and that
passes for the whole record. The album closes with
"Bulletspeed". It’s got a fast intro with the whole band
involved, it’s really good metal.
As I said before, this album is much better than the
debut. It’s classic heavy metal with glam influences
updated for 2000. Lasse, Peter, and Joel impress a lot.
Jonas’ voice has improved. He sings much better than he
did on the debut. The production is really good and the
10 songs glitter. The cover looks great too. If you’re a
fan of 80's glamrock, (Hanoi Rocks, Guns ‘n’ Roses) you
should take a closer look at this band.