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How do you ruin a good album, decently played and well recorded? With terrible vocals. And unfortunately, Resistencia has fully succeeded in doing that.
Not that "En Las Venas" (2007) offers innovative sounds, but a well-arranged heavy metal throughout all 12 tracks of the album, featuring power accelerations, slowed parts, and guitar riffs that, if not shining with originality, are not bad at all.
The quintet from Pichincha, near Quito (Ecuador), however, has a "Due di Coppe" up their sleeve when the trump card is Bastoni: this refers to vocalist David Carrion.
After the commendable intro "3:15 AM", hopes are dashed just a few seconds into the second track "Cambios", violated by a vocal tone that is nothing short of inadequate.
It's not that the vocal lines are poorly constructed or offbeat; on the contrary, just listen to the title track to notice the good harmony between lyrics and music, but the quality of the singer is dreadfully shaky; he lacks power and fails to reach where the context would require on the high notes (the beginning of "Agonia" sounds like Tarzan missing the vine), and he even undermines the work of the two guitarists Pelaez and Casares at other points. A disaster.
Some songs are more salvageable than others, like "Consignias", thanks also to the backing vocals. Adding the fact that Resistencia sings in Spanish, the vocal articulation is even more noticeable, and the "frittata" is served.
The concluding (and instrumental...) "Cayendo Al Vacio" is beautiful, and an additional note goes to the cover art: absolutely horrible.
What a pity, because "En Las Venas", the band's first full-length, even in its metal context, was an enjoyable album.
If a karaoke version comes out, I'll buy it.
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