Album: Superangel / Tercer Milenio (2006)(2 LP on 1 CD)
Genre: Prog Rock (Heavy/Psychedelic) / Argentina
Genre: Prog Rock (Heavy/Psychedelic) / Argentina
Superangel (1973) : Orion's Beethoven were formed in Buenos Aires back in 1969, by the Bar brothers, Ronan (or Román?) and Adrian, with singer Petty Guelache and drummer José Luis Gonzalez; they released finally album in 1973, this Superangel, that all along its 4 tracks features a sort of admixture between the hard rock a la Black Sabbath, with the style of symphonic bands o those time, like Genesis or King Crimson. The songs are mostly long and -honestly-, not too cohesive, though they feature cool details that keep the interest of the listener turned on. The first and longest track "Superangel", which is divided in three parts, fills the side one, and clocks in at 17 + minutes, alternates the heavy rhythms with more intricate passages, the Leslie effect on the vocals and even some saxo in the end. On the side two, the shortest song, "Retrato de alguien", brings heavy blues with a jazzy edge, followed by "Hijo del relámpago", this is another long track, that fills a good share of the side, with its 12 minutes of running time, basically more obscure and jazzy blues a la early Black Sabbath, with some psychedelic touch, though not too compelling; enjoyable anyways, because of its raw and almost amateurish sound. In the end is the 6-minute + "Sinfonía # 8 en B menor", instrumental loosely inspired on Franz Schubert, with vocation for the heavy guitars and some pretentiousness privative of the era. Not a bad album, though it's quite far from a masterpiece, besides its deficient production, probably the worth of this Superangel is in its crudeness, a certain daring spirit, and why not: a beautiful artwork, created by Loreley Bar (a sister of the Bar brothers I assume). Quite an anti-commercial album, with nonexistent airplay, though still comes like an enticing mix of art rock and heavy psych.
Review by "death_metal_doll" (Rate Your Music).
Tercer Milenio (1977) : This Argentine band Orion's Beethoven released a second album in 1977, after a hiatus of 4 years since their first one Superangel, this time around more oriented toward a pure hard rock, with Deep Purple and Black Sabbath reminiscences: "Tercer milenio" (third millennium). The first track "Amistades desparejas" reminds effectively of Deep Purple, or even of the Rainbow with Ronnie James Dio, which is followed by an acoustic song "Ella y los colores", fine song though a little depressing for my taste. The third track is one of the highlights, "Niño del tercer milenio" (child of the third millennium), featuring 8 minutes with a good job of Adrian and Ronan Bar on guitar and bass, dense metal riffola, typically Sabbath-esque, and some futuristic keyboards touch. A more conventional hard rock is "Canción del lobo" (wolf song), bluesy and with female backing vocals. "Viaje" or "Viaje de siglos" (voyage of centuries) is another long track (9 minutes), featuring a beautiful melody wrapped in acoustic guitars and epic mood, that brings Queen's "The prophet's song" vaguely to mind. For the end there is a sort of 70s' metal cut that, once again, reminds strongly of the Vol.4 Black Sabbath, with its low-tuned riffage and shifting tempos: "Hermano silencio". Notwithstanding the production of this album is not the best, it still sounds better than their first LP, and possibly having more clear ideas but, on the other hand, this Tercer milenio is less daring than Superangel, so we could say it's a draw, or almost. This is the last chapter for Orion's Beethoven, in the early 80s they would redefine their style and crop the name to Orions, releasing two albums of simpler hard rock and rock & roll, and also having some success and airplay, but the band would call it quits in the mid 80s, finally.
Review by "death_metal_doll" (Rate Your Music).
RATING: 7.25 / 10
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Review by "death_metal_doll" (Rate Your Music).
Tercer Milenio (1977) : This Argentine band Orion's Beethoven released a second album in 1977, after a hiatus of 4 years since their first one Superangel, this time around more oriented toward a pure hard rock, with Deep Purple and Black Sabbath reminiscences: "Tercer milenio" (third millennium). The first track "Amistades desparejas" reminds effectively of Deep Purple, or even of the Rainbow with Ronnie James Dio, which is followed by an acoustic song "Ella y los colores", fine song though a little depressing for my taste. The third track is one of the highlights, "Niño del tercer milenio" (child of the third millennium), featuring 8 minutes with a good job of Adrian and Ronan Bar on guitar and bass, dense metal riffola, typically Sabbath-esque, and some futuristic keyboards touch. A more conventional hard rock is "Canción del lobo" (wolf song), bluesy and with female backing vocals. "Viaje" or "Viaje de siglos" (voyage of centuries) is another long track (9 minutes), featuring a beautiful melody wrapped in acoustic guitars and epic mood, that brings Queen's "The prophet's song" vaguely to mind. For the end there is a sort of 70s' metal cut that, once again, reminds strongly of the Vol.4 Black Sabbath, with its low-tuned riffage and shifting tempos: "Hermano silencio". Notwithstanding the production of this album is not the best, it still sounds better than their first LP, and possibly having more clear ideas but, on the other hand, this Tercer milenio is less daring than Superangel, so we could say it's a draw, or almost. This is the last chapter for Orion's Beethoven, in the early 80s they would redefine their style and crop the name to Orions, releasing two albums of simpler hard rock and rock & roll, and also having some success and airplay, but the band would call it quits in the mid 80s, finally.
Review by "death_metal_doll" (Rate Your Music).
RATING: 7.25 / 10
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