NASSON – Scars

February 1, 2022 Bryce Van Patten Album Reviews, Reviews 0
NASSON - Scars
  • 7.8/10
    NASSON - Scars - 7.8/10
7.8/10

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Label: Frontiers Music s.r.l.
Release date: January 28, 2022

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Melodic Metal From South America

Hailing from Santiago, Chile, Prudant Nasson is a stellar writer, arranger, musician and now vocalist with this new solo project: Nasson – Scars on Frontiers Music s.r.l..  Having recently come to the attention of hard rock and metal fans through his work on the latest Chaos Magic album, Furyborn and the outstanding debut record from Sinner’s Blood, The Mirror Star, Nasson brings us 11 strong Melodic Metal songs that sound modern, yet have a definite connection to the origins of the style.

About the Album

On “Scars”, Nasson offers fine examples of contemporary melodic metal, with influences ranging from Evergrey, to Pretty Maids to Eclipse. Handling all the songwriting and arrangements, he also plays the bulk of the instrumentation on “Scars”, with the help of Rodrigo Leiva on drums and Caterina Nix (Chaos Magic) on background vocals. Caterina also appears together with her fellow talented Frontiers artists based in South America on the song “We Are the Army”, where she is joined by fellow lead vocalists Gui Oliver (Landfall, Mayank), Mizuho Lin (Semblant, The Erinyes), and James Robledo (Sinner’s Blood). Other special guests on the album include Alessandro Del Vecchio for a vocal duet on “When it Rains,” Mistheria (Bruce Dickinson, Rob Rock) handling additional synth on “Mother Moon”, and Ignacio Torres handling lead guitars on “Not Today”, “Bringer of Sorrow” and “We Are The Army.”

Final Notes

Prudant Nasson is a very talented musician and producer. His voice reminds this reviewer of Nocturnal Rites and Bon Jovi, while having a strong sense of melody that really works for the style. The production is great, and the album is a good listen, so all of you melodic Heavy Metal fans should definitely check out this rising star from south of the equator.

Lineup

Nasson – Vocals, guitars, bass, piano, programming
Rodrigo Leiva – Drums
Caterina Nix – Backing vocals

Guests Musicians

Giu Oliver, Mizuho Lin & James Robledo in “We are the army”.
Mistheria – Additional Synths on “Mother moon”.
Alessandro del Vecchio – Guest vocals on “When it rains”
Ignacio Torres – Guitar Solos on “Not Today”, “Bringer of sorrow” and “We are the army”

Scars – Tracklist

01. Not Today
02. Room 108
03. Mother Moon
04. Runaway
05. On The Other Side
06. Bringer Of Sorrow
07. King Of Lies
08. A New Beginning
09. When It Rains
10. We Are The Army
11. Rising

About Bryce Van Patten 333 Articles
Bryce is an audio engineer and a graphic designer here at Metal Express Radio. From the day he purchased his first album (Machine Head by Deep Purple), he has had a passion for heavy music, which has influenced his whole life. Bryce is from the great Pacific Northwest in USA, and has played in metal bands like Babylon, Holy Terror, The Wild Dogs, Warhead and Egypt through the 80s. He had his first interview for the Portland, Oregon publication The Rock Rag with guitarist Paul Gilbert in his Racer X days. Then he was honored to get to have drinks, and talk for an hour with the legendary Dan McCafferty of Nazareth for his second interview. In 2013, he spent an amazing hour talking to Andi Deris of Helloween, which was the high point of his heavy metal journalism.   In the year 2001, he formed Man in Black Music Publishing. They released recordings by several local bands, and in the spirit of the old Metal Massacre compilations, he created a 2-album series called The Defenders of Metal. The albums featured classic styled Metal bands from all around the world, with bands from Australia to England, and from Argentina to Russia. Currently, he is the producer/creator/vocalist of the Metal band The Black Tuesdays.

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