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Reviews
Review of "The Beginning Of The End" from Aristocrazia Webzine (Italy)
La Russia continua a sfornare formazioni che suscitano interesse, è la volta dei Tantal che nel 2009 danno via alla loro discografia con "The Beginning Of The End" vero primo lavoro dopo il demo "Emotional Distress" del 2007.
Il death/thrash proposto dai ragazzi è melodicamente coinvolgente, trova un giusto equilibrio fra parti devotamente melodiche ad altre più pompate e d'impatto, sfruttando la bravura dietro il microfono di una Sofia Raykova a cui unica pecca (se tale si può definire) imputabile è quella di un clean che allenta la tensione (forse sin troppo) rendendo sezioni dei brani molto catchy, cosa di cui non ci sarebbe un gran bisogno data la tipologia di composizione che presentano, già di per sè intrigante nella sua accessibile fruibilità.
La Russia continua a sfornare formazioni che suscitano interesse, è la volta dei Tantal che nel 2009 danno via alla loro discografia con "The Beginning Of The End" vero primo lavoro dopo il demo "Emotional Distress" del 2007.
Il death/thrash proposto dai ragazzi è melodicamente coinvolgente, trova un giusto equilibrio fra parti devotamente melodiche ad altre più pompate e d'impatto, sfruttando la bravura dietro il microfono di una Sofia Raykova a cui unica pecca (se tale si può definire) imputabile è quella di un clean che allenta la tensione (forse sin troppo) rendendo sezioni dei brani molto catchy, cosa di cui non ci sarebbe un gran bisogno data la tipologia di composizione che presentano, già di per sè intrigante nella sua accessibile fruibilità.
Review of "The Beginning Of The End" from Brutalism (Netherlands)
Mark - 4/5
Russian prog-death death bands are quite rare, even more so with female vocals. Don't let that immediately put you off. Sofia Raykova sings a range of clean to the downright rotten taking much inspiration from Arch Enemy's Angela Gossow. The band themselves obviously listen to this band and fellow progressive deathsters Opeth with a mild hint of Control Denied. This album really surprised me upon first listen. After numerous plays, this is not an album that you can listen too once, you need to replay it over and over again and each time you gain a deeper understanding of Tantal's music whilst it throws a curveball at you.
Review of "The Beginning Of The End" from FemmeMetal (England)
Mark - 90/100
From Moscow, Russia comes the band Tantal. Their style of music is described as Modern, Progressive, Death Metal. Fans can judge for themselves, if that title fits by checking out their debut release "The Beginning of the End". One thing is for certain... there are healthy doses of melody and musical virtuosity to go along with the Death Metal mayhem that is displayed throughout the 8-songs and 50-minutes worth of music featured throughout this CD.
Review of "The Beginning Of The End" from Pitchline-Zine (Spain)
Mark 7.5/10
Cuando recibí este Cd promocional de esta banda rusa, recuerdo que a lo primero que acudí fue a la hoja promocional para tratar de ver por donde iban los tiros, como se nos presentaban y demás y recuerdo que me picó bastante la curiosidad por escucharles tras leer un par de aspectos que llamaron mi atención y es que en esta misma proclamaban que su música era un mezcla de Death metal agresivo con tintes progresivos comandados por una vocalista femenina capaz de emitir guturales al igual que voces transparentes y cristalinas.
Review of "The Beginning Of The End" from Rock Metal Bands.com (Italy)
Mark 89/100
So here we have a new band that deserves respect and attention despite its recent activation. They claim to deal with Modern Progressive death metal and that is partially true if we look at the sounds, sometimes modern, often belonging to Classic metal. Moreover, there is some Thrash and lots of Death and Heavy metal but no Prog metal, except a couple of guitar solos in the vein of Dream Theater. Not that big of a deal, but if a label decides to promote a band, they ought to be more precise.
Review of "The Beginning Of The End" from Pull The Chain (Belgium)
This is a good piece of technical death metal. In terms of musical prowess, song-writing abilities and arrangements, «The Beginning of the End» is hard to match. It is true music in the very best sense of the word. The stand out factor is obviously the guitar lines, which alternate ultra catchy solo actions with good rhythmic works. Those technical yet catchy guitar lines definitely give Tantal something extra and lifts them above many also competent but unoriginal purveyors of the technical death metal genre.
This is a good piece of technical death metal. In terms of musical prowess, song-writing abilities and arrangements, «The Beginning of the End» is hard to match. It is true music in the very best sense of the word. The stand out factor is obviously the guitar lines, which alternate ultra catchy solo actions with good rhythmic works. Those technical yet catchy guitar lines definitely give Tantal something extra and lifts them above many also competent but unoriginal purveyors of the technical death metal genre.
Review of "The Beginning Of The End" from Ravenheart Music (UK)
Want an album that is heavy, melodic, offers a mix of power and progressive metal, and has death metal vocals and clean vocals, all vocals done by leading lady Sofia Raykova. Then check out Russian band Tantal. This album to be honest has taken the wind out of my sails, literally! The album kicks off with the cries of a baby before the 8 minute plus title track steamrollers it's way from the speakers, with brutally harsh vocals from Sofia and a chorus to die for (that features Sofia's clean vocal style).
Mark: 9/10
Reviewed 19th November 2009Want an album that is heavy, melodic, offers a mix of power and progressive metal, and has death metal vocals and clean vocals, all vocals done by leading lady Sofia Raykova. Then check out Russian band Tantal. This album to be honest has taken the wind out of my sails, literally! The album kicks off with the cries of a baby before the 8 minute plus title track steamrollers it's way from the speakers, with brutally harsh vocals from Sofia and a chorus to die for (that features Sofia's clean vocal style).
Review of "The Beginning Of The End" from FobiaZine.net (Czech)
Trochu nedůvěřivě jsem si prohlížel promo, které se ke mně dostalo až ze vzdálených, sněhem a ledem pokrytých ruských plání. EP z roku 2007, nazvané „Emotional distress" jsem bohužel propásl, v případě nové nahrávky je tomu naštěstí jinak. Proč naštěstí? Ihned první skladba, osm a půl minutová „Beginning of the End" představí skvěle šlapající smečku s metalovou divou za mikrofonem, která zvládá jak harsh, tak i growl a čistý zpěv. Docela úctyhodné dispozice, nemyslíte? Jediná osoba však zřídkakdy zachrání celé album, pojďme se tedy společně podívat, jak jsou na tom ostatní složky nahrávky.
Trochu nedůvěřivě jsem si prohlížel promo, které se ke mně dostalo až ze vzdálených, sněhem a ledem pokrytých ruských plání. EP z roku 2007, nazvané „Emotional distress" jsem bohužel propásl, v případě nové nahrávky je tomu naštěstí jinak. Proč naštěstí? Ihned první skladba, osm a půl minutová „Beginning of the End" představí skvěle šlapající smečku s metalovou divou za mikrofonem, která zvládá jak harsh, tak i growl a čistý zpěv. Docela úctyhodné dispozice, nemyslíte? Jediná osoba však zřídkakdy zachrání celé album, pojďme se tedy společně podívat, jak jsou na tom ostatní složky nahrávky.