Альбом: Oniric Metal Год: 2006 Страна: USA Лейбл: Dark Division Стиль: Progressive metal Лицензия: Lion Music, 2006

Tracklist: 1. YesterDayMan 2. Wolven Eyes 3. Windy 4. Night in Poenari 5. Moonstruck 6. Moonstop 7. StarWatcher 8. PotBoy: The Final Fantasy

Band: Martin LeMar - vocals Vivien Lalu - Keys Joop Wolters - guitars Russell Bergquist - bass Ryan Van Poederooyen - drums

Lalu is a new heavy progressive music project in the vein of acts like Dream Theater, Evergrey and Sun Caged.

Band leader Vivien Lalu (Hubi Meisel) has gathered a killer line up for this debut release in Joop Wolters on guitar, the mighty Ryan Van Poederooyen (Devin Towsend Band) on drums, Martin LeMar on vocals and Russell Bergquist (ex-Annihilator) on bass. Oniric Metal combines excellent production values with strong melodies and exciting dynamics.

Собранный клавишником Вивьеном Лалу (SHARDANE и HUBI MEISEL) суперпроект, исполняющий высококачественный прогрессивный метал, не грешит отсутствием звёздных имён. В его составе барабанщик Раян Ван Пойдеруен (THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND), басист Рассел Бергквист (ANNIHILATOR), Джуп Уолтерс (ARABESQUE) и вокалист Мартин Ле Мар из TOMORROW'S EVE. Семь продолжительных композиций, насыщенных интеллигентной и романтической музыкой в лучших традициях ENCHANT и SHADOW GALLERY с вкраплением агрессивных кусков, явно позаимствованных у брутального канадца Девина Таундшенда.

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Vivien Lalu is one of the most promising new composers and musicians I`ve heard in the Progressive music genre lately. With Oniric Metal he shows big talents, both as a musician and songwriter. The young musician has already got attention as composer for Hubi Meisel and his other project Shadrane's Neurastasia. With help from known musicians as Joop Wolters (Arabesque, Hubi Meisel), Ryan Van Poederooyen (Devin Townsend Band ), Martin Le Mar (Tomorrow`s Eve) and Russell Bergquist (Annihilator), this album stands forward as one of the best albums in the Progressive Metal genre so far this year. It took me a bit of time to get to know the songs, but they have gradually become better and better and are now stuck in my head. Musically Lalu plays Progressive Rock/ Metal with dreamy and heavy parts. The keyboards and different samples from Vivien are also playing a big role in the music, together with the other superb played instruments on the album. With YesterDayMan who opens Oniric Metal, we are taken into a landscape of music filled with both dreamy and aggressive parts with great instrumental performing. Vocalist Martin Le Mar has a big voice in likes of Jorn Lande, and lifts the songs with it. Wolven Eyes sounds like a mix of Modern Hard Rock and Progressive Rock, the guitars in the verses has a very modern sound, while the song slows down round the beautiful chorus parts. Windy is a more ballad-like song with very fine singing from Martin, you will also discover small technical guitar solos from Joop Wolters in this song and huge playing from Vivien. Night In Poenari is the most aggressive song on the album and still after lot of listening it sounds a bit confusing to me. Then it`s different with my favorite, the ten minute long Timestop, who is a song who describes the different styles from Lalu in a perfect way, with both soft dreamy parts and more progressive advanced parts. I`m convinced that we will be hearing more from Vivien Lalu after this album, so check out Lalu now!!
http://www.lalusworld.com/
http://www.lionmusic.com/

Lalu is:

Vivien Lalu - Keyboards
Joop Wolters - Guitar
Ryan Van Poederooyen - Drums
Martin LeMar - Vocals
Russell Bergquist - Bass

Guests

Lasse Mattsson, guest guitar solo on "Wolven Eyes"
+ Alex Argento, guest key solo on "Timestop"

Большой друг главного редактора ведущего журнала о тяжёлой музыке Dark City немец Hubi Meisel (Book Of Reflections, Maeve Of Connacht, Dreamscape, Triple X) радует нас своей очередной сольной работой! Интернациональный состав при участии голландца Marcel Coenen (Sun Caged), шведа Daniel Flores (Mind's Eye) и француженки Vivien Lalu (Shadrane) записан французским продюсером Jean B. Affonso (Absolute). Это целый океан эмоций, построенный на чувственном вокале Хуби и атмосферном прогрессиве в духе Dream Theater и Vanden Plas. Два бонус-трека! //http://www.soundcheck.ru/

Mixed and produced by Hubi Meisel.
Music by Vivien Lalu.
Co-arranged by Hubi Meisel.
All lyrics and vocal melodies by Hubi Meisel.
Concept story by Hubi Meisel.
Drums recorded and pre-mixed by Daniel Flores at
Sheep Valley Studios, Sweden.
Guitars recorded by Hans Reinders at PITstudio,
Netherlands.
Vocals recorded by Hubi Meisel at HJM-Studio,
Germany.
Keys and bass recorded at The Cocoon, France.
Guitars and bass on tracks 14 & 15 played by Joop
Wolters.
Mastered at MSM Mastering Studios, Munich.
Artwork and booklet design by Chris 'Salyan'
Kallias.
Photography of hubi Meisel by Riccardo Desiderio,
Munich.