![]() Neither guitar hero nor singer metal, OH. Nothing is obvious here, nothing sounds as you would expect, and surprise is surprising. Listening to Metallia, expect to be unexpected. ~ George Politopoulos – Flight of Pegasus Clearly interesting, in a sense, it could be co-production of Shrapnel and 4AD. Above all, however, the sound is disruptive, the vocal injections arouse this impact. Her material sounds “metallized”, adventurous, and has a cinematic affinity. Metallia has already drawn the attention of progressive circles, but they have yet to analyze the enigmatic, versatile, bold, suspiciously attractive style of its music.This is one of those circumstances where you think you have heard something similar before, but you can not parallel it with something recognizable. ~ Stephen Conrad – Progressive Rock Fanatics–ProgarchivesĪfter some interrogations the EP grows on you, which gives us music in a little different vintage, so for the curious, just release the handbrake and discover! ~ Conny Myrberg – ![]() Waves of feminine choral sounds weave in and out of the tapestry, washes of intensity rarely relenting, leading me to recall why at one point in my younger days I was strongly drawn to consider using psychedelic drugs. “Cacophonous, complex, illustrative, dense, awash in radiance, terrifying, challenging- all of it driven by the taut, ferocious guitar work and instrumental mastery demonstrated by Ms. ~ Martin Hutchinson – ProgradarĪn interesting well thought out project from a talented- mult -instrumentalist ~ Geoff Penn – Progplanet “Chaos becomes order, the mind blowing ‘Metallia’ by Oh. An outlier! Call it what you like, but this is anything but your typical run of the mill, bog standard, meat and potatoes, vanilla-like metal.” ~ K-MaNriffs – Blessed Altar Zine “Oh wow! What the bloody hell’s going on here then? Freshness. “Do you get bored quickly by the standard prog metal music offer? that will not happen to you with ‘Metallia’! ~ Herman Beunk – Xymphonia ‘Metallia’ is what it is, not music for fragile souls but an evanescent storm of instrumental music (the voice being used not for words, but as sound) that will suit the enthusiast of powerful, progressive and experimental music.” ~ Rinco Ennema ~ Rock Affairs It’s a wonderfully creative and inventive EP which sounds much more substantial and thought-provoking than many recordings from well-known grandees of modern instrumental Prog-Metal. ![]() I suppose she got somehow a blessing from the forgotten gods of Olympus… No, really. It’s still a mystery to me, how a young lady like Olivia can invent, perform, and produce such a gorgeous piece of musical art. The girl seems to have more riff in her, than half the Greek heavy metal scene of the past 10 years. There is inspiration, delineations, intense vision, to the point of fever pitch chaos, which will delight the “metal” senses and is altogether a monumental showcase. “ This is not a garrulous display of technique. “If you put Kate Bush, Auf Der Maur, Ayreon, Chiasmata, Igorrr, old White Zombie and Amogh Symphony in a blender with several metronomes running different time signatures, add a healthy dash of thrash riffs to the proggy mix and baked the resulting mixture for several hours you probably wouldn’t even come close to the sound.”~ Lee Davidson – Prog Metal Madness Here’s what some early reviewers say about ‘Metallia’: ![]() This is one of those circumstances where you think you have heard something similar before, but you can not parallel it with something recognizable. Metallia has already drawn the attention of progressive circles, but they have yet to analyze the enigmatic, versatile, bold, suspiciously attractive style of its music. “Do you get bored quickly by the standard prog metal music offer? that will not happen to you with ‘Metallia’! – Herman Beunk – Xymphonia ‘Metallia’ is what it is, not music for fragile souls but an evanescent storm of instrumental music (the voice being used not for words, but as sound) that will suit the enthusiast of powerful, progressive and experimental music.” – Rinco Ennema ~ Rock Affairs
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