Symphonity is a symphonic power metal band from the Czech Republic, founded by guitarist and songwriter Libor Krivak in 2006, releasing three albums to date – ‘Voice From The Silence’ (2008), ‘King Of Persia’ (2016), and 2022’s ‘Marco Polo: The Metal Soundtrack’…
…chronicling the travels of the 13th-century merchant Marco Polo – and I’m not about to give you the history of these travels, that’s what Symphonity is here for! The band’s new album is a metal/rock opera blended with musical theatre, each of the nine songs on offer sewn together with intoxicating and informative narration. Bands such as Savatage, Dream Theater, Avantasia, Alice Cooper, and more recently Marco Garau (Derdian) with his ‘Magic Opera’ have delved into staged drama set to music.
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Indeed, one of the earliest rock operas I ever heard was Jeff Wayne’s musical version of ‘The War Of The Worlds’, released in 1978. And it is this kind of performance that Symphonity has aligned ‘Marco Polo: The Metal Soundtrack’ to – so grab your drinks and snacks, and settle yourselves down for forty minutes of grandiose entertainment, excitement, and edge-of-your-seat tension…
…as Symphonity opens the curtain and leads with the two-minute keyboard-led, sound effects-laden, anticipation fuelled spoken word intro ‘Venezia’, leading straight into the cinematic and highly progressive ‘Crimson Silk’. The pace and energy are incredible and are maintained with the equally progressive, but faster-paced ‘The Plague’.
‘Love Theme’ is a one-and-a-half minute mellow musical interlude, followed by the monumental ten-minute plus ‘Mongols’. The centerpiece of the album, ‘Mongols’ has an atmosphere, tension, emotion and passion in abundance, all delivered with a top-notch cinematic prowess. ‘Dreaming Of Home’ is a fantastic ballad, followed by the pure power metal pomp of ‘I Found My Way Back Home’.
Heavy on the keyboards ‘Prisoner’ is a return to balladry with the added atmosphere of a hymn, leading to the album’s final track, the (second) atmospheric and tension-fuelled spoken word ‘Venezia Finale’, wrapping up a wonderful journey of operatic overtures, cinematic class, and tension-filled tales.
Overall, a spellbinding and infectious, edge-of-your-seat forty, tension-fuelled minutes of symphonic power metal.
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TRACKLIST
Part 1: Venezia
Part 2: Crimson Silk
Part 3: The Plague
Part 4: Love Theme
Part 5: Mongols
Part 6: Dreaming Of Home
Part 7: I Found My Way Back Home
Part 8: Prisoner
Part 9: Venezia Finale
Symphonity: Facebook
Release Year: 2022
Label: Limb Music
Category: Album
Country: Czech Republic
Reviewed by Iron Mathew for Frenzy Fire, and Metal-Roos.
