29 March 2024
diablo - Silver Horizon

Diablo – Silver Horizon

[schema type=”review” name=”Diablo – Silver Horizon” description=”Label: Sakara Records /OMN Label Services ” author=”Sabine van Gameren” pubdate=”2015-10-30″ ]

The Finnish Diablo is an often seen guest when we are on one of the Finnish festivals, often seeing their old Diablo stickered Simca parked near an entry for example. Yet, they have not really released any new material for quite some years. Anno 2015 that is about to change as the new record called “Silver Horizon” is ready to be released. We already wondered what it was about that Talbot Horizon!

Now, that was the hint. Not Talbot Horizon but “Silver Horizon” The car was silver/grey after all.. Their love of them old cars has not been unnoticed. But then back to the album. The band found some inspiration in an old Science Fiction novel and created some strong tracks surrounding the theme, but let the music be the main factor for the album. Instrumentally it is all tight, a whole package of riffs comes towards you, accompanied with drums that are smartly placed, not always taking the spotlight, but present enough to give the band a strong backbone. The vocals are probably not for anyone’s likes but have a diversity in them which make the album one that remains interesting even at the end of it.
Halfway they take a bit of a step back with the track “Prince of The Machine” to create a bit of a break from it, but towards the end of the song it builds up in intensity again to make space for titletrack “Silver Horizon” that simple summarizes what the band is about.

“Silver Horizon” is an album that shows you Diablo is back. The band has been quiet for some years but does exactly what they are good at and makes us curious for new live shows. On the day of writing no Tuska performance is made official, but we know a Tuska without these guys is not logical so: See you at Tuska Diablo!

Line up:
Rainer Nygård – vocals, guitar
Marko Utriainen – guitar
Aadolf Virtanen – bass
Heikki Malmberg – drums

Diablo - Silver Horizon Tracklist:
01. The Call
02. Isolation
03. The Serpent Holder
04. Into the Void
05. Illuminati
06. Prince of the Machine
07. Silver Horizon
08. Savage
09. Corium Black
10. Voyage to Eternity

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