{"id":2947,"date":"1987-10-01T00:00:48","date_gmt":"1987-10-01T00:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=2947"},"modified":"2012-01-16T17:42:32","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T17:42:32","slug":"demo-review-avalon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/demo-review-avalon\/","title":{"rendered":"AVALON – Demo (1987) | Demo Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

AVALON<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nAvalon (1987)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Formed in 1986 by American guitarist Ken C. Jack (ex-Dark Mission), Avalon are a Danish based four-piece who also feature vocalist John Mathias (ex-Healer \/ Narcissus), bassist Thomas Rytter (ex-Graf Spee \/ Narcissus) and drummer Flemming Kenneth (ex-Dark Mission \/ Maltese Falcon). Incidentally, Flemming Kenneth is also drum roadie for Metallica\u2019s Lars Ulrich.<\/p>\n

The band\u2019s ten-song tape was recorded at the Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen with producer Flemming Rasmussen, so as you can imagine we\u2019re talking about high quality product which the band are eager to put onto vinyl; and with finished product available there\u2019s sure to be quite a few labels interested in Avalon\u2019s brand of melodic metal.<\/p>\n

Generally, the material here is strong. \u2018When Metal Comes Alive\u2019 and \u2018Unleashed Power\u2019 are my particular faves; both being fast powerful riffy affairs, each with catchy choruses and commercial appeal, much in the vein of Helloween. It\u2019s also evident that John Mathias is one helluva singer. His David Coverdale-like vocals dominate throughout, especially on the boppy \u2018The Devour\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Vision\u2019 and \u2018Let It Out\u2019 are also worth a mention, the latter reminding me a little of fellow Danes Pretty Maids, and even though there are a couple of below average tracks \u2013 \u2018Final Act\u2019 and \u2018Punitytime\u2019 \u2013 Avalon are certainly a band with a lot of potential.<\/p>\n

Bernard Doe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review taken from Metal Forces, Issue 26 (1987)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AVALON Avalon (1987) Formed in 1986 by American guitarist Ken C. Jack (ex-Dark Mission), Avalon are a Danish based four-piece who also feature vocalist John Mathias (ex-Healer \/ Narcissus), bassist Thomas Rytter (ex-Graf Spee \/ Narcissus) and drummer Flemming Kenneth (ex-Dark Mission \/ Maltese Falcon). Incidentally, Flemming Kenneth is also drum roadie for Metallica\u2019s Lars […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-avalon","category-demo-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2947"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3682,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947\/revisions\/3682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}