
Kilmara: “Journey to The Sun” CD and LP 31st January 2025 RPM / ROAR Records. Spanish Heavy Metal band.
Eight years after their last effort, the band is back with a strong yet explosive new album. They chose, as many, to get back to the eighties with full-on colors and everything that defined those years of pleasure. The cover reminds me of good old manga such as Albator, Goldorak, etc.
Every member is drawn and has many covers in one. Feeling like a movie poster that takes its power as the LP version. They keep their style and are still powerful. Full-on melodies and kick-as riffs, entertain your days with pleasure.
Like any band, they had their ups and downs, yet they are still strong on the Spanish scene. Keeping a fresh evolution with each album, Kilmara is a force to be reckoned with in the Heavy Metal scene. Blasting two guitars duet, synth elements driving force; pounding drums, and heavy bass. Daniel Ponce on the vocals, keeps your heart addicted, he captures very well emotions and feelings.
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Influences: Helloween, Gamma Ray, Iced Earth, Voodoo X, Savatage, Seventh Kingdom, Bloodbound, Dragon Heart, and many more.
Ten tracks with the last one being the first one in 8bit going back to the time computers were slow… This album will bring you back to your childhood memories.
Produced by Carles Salse, mixed by Miguel Ángel Marchal, and mastered by Seeb Levermann, the retro album front cover is a work by the band’s bassist Didac Plà.
Kilmara has the recipe for making amazing albums, you need this one in your collection 100/100.