Ravenheart Music

Eleven years after their last and fifth album ‚Niya’, the Polish band Batalion d’Amour are back with a brand new release. Starting as a classic dark wave/gothic inspired band in the end of the 80s and with their first official album ‚Labirynt Zdarzen’ in 1998, the new album is the second one with the singer Karolina Andrzejewska. The name of the new album symbolizes rebirth, magic and creativity, the new material making a step towards more alternative and synth rock music including gothic and progressive elements, coupled with a strong melodic sensibility. Karolina’s rich and beautiful voice combined with the Polish lyrics perfectly flows into the diversified compositions including catchy arrangements like the first single ‚Charlotte’ as well as dark progressive-rock songs, e.g. ‚Mechaniczny’. All the songs have their own individual melodic style allowing the creation of epic and progressive dark-rock compositions (the 9 minute + ‚Zawróceni’), intense and climatic ones such as ‚Moje Remedium’ featuring Tomasz Grochola from Agressiva 69, but also smooth and intimate songs like ‚The Lost Diary’ which is the only song in English and features John Porter as a duet partner. Overall, this is another good album to spend your hard earned cash on. The last four tracks of my version of the album feature different versions of the awesome single ‘Charlotte’, one version of which is in English. I am rather glad I have this album, thanks Echozone – this long player will drop onto the shelves 4th November, well recommended…

8,75/10

Dave

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