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TELMA - Eternal - Reviewed By Jenny Tate! Thursday December 2 2021, 6:49 PM

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TELMA - Eternal - Reviewed By Jenny Tate ! Check it out here at this link: https://jennytate.wordpress.com/2021/09/28/telma-eternal/

New wave metal band Telma, from Greece, were founded in 2021, out of a shared love of heavy metal and a drive to express human emotions.

Inspired by old school bands such as Pantera, Metallica, Slipknot, Trivium, A.I.C., Linkin Park, Disturbed and Godsmack, Telma’s sound combines traditional vocals, heavy riffs and bass and groove-based drums.

Their debut album, ‘Eternal’, follows 2 video singles, entitled ‘Perfect Storm’ and ‘Bipolar Distress’. Another self-titled video single will follow ‘Eternal’, now available, in physical and digital formats, including vinyl.

Currently promoting ‘Eternal’, live gigs will happen as soon as the Covid pandemic allows.

Dare – Smooth, suave riff intro, yielding to an accompanying drum section. Unusual vocal blend of grit and sensuality. Building into a heavy, grungy sound, with riffs flying off, in unexpected directions. Great rumbling bass underscoring the track. Very tasty, A.I.C.-esque style, combined with Stiltskin-esque touches. It’s strong and confident, with a definitive end.

Bipolar Distress – Single, well-defined drum hit intro’s, onto a clearly accessible, impassioned vocal, surrounded by looser, but still powerful riffage. Very convincing vocals, incorporating that gorgeous acute riff section, just before the mid-section. Again, the tension’s built so naturally. Stacked with true conviction and loaded with emotion, it’s plausible, through and through, bringing the emotion down, with the drum and cymbal sections, just before the end.

Perfect Storm – Shrill background riffs gradually fade in, on a building tide of percussion. The vocals roll with the sound. The rhythm’s central and there, from the start. Expressing that emotion so well. The rise and fall are so palpable. It totally embodies the title. Such well fitting vocals. It’s a sultry sound, to lose yourself in, conveying all the emotional hits and drops, with perfect precision. Great vortex fade out echo.

Bleeding Reality – Opening on a growl of crunchy riffs and into a sensuous climbing vocal. Drums tumbling down and crashing into the atmosphere, with heavy, machine-like weaponry. Scrumptious bit of whammy and vibrato, from the mid-section onwards. Playing well with that effect. Echoing out, at the fade-out.

Corporace – Straight there, with instant southern groove. Brilliantly exciting pace. Damn sexy vocals, rolling over, in tandem with the drums. Central bass in here, with a great high-pitched riff, at the mid-point, screaming, for all its worth. A real heavy emphatic crunch to this, speeding it up, towards the fade out cymbal hit.

Eternal – Opening on shrill riff tones. Jungle drums joining in, then sliding into atmospheric reverb, before the vocals enter. Once again, they’re suave and sexy, with stacks of soul. Oh, that sudden anthemic group vocal’s just so sensual). Truly delicious. Continuing into a surprisingly Nickelback-esque refrain, just as sensuous and just as powerful. Groove is what this is all about and it screams it so well. It’s all man). Yielding into an echoic closing riff. Just heaven).

Stream Of Thoughts – Instant riff crunch. A rhythmically heavy percussive sound. Vocal grit present, from the start. Great marriage here between the vocals and rhythm section. Velvet and rough, at the same time and it’s pure heaven, again). Racing on, towards the end, with gravel-laced vocals and speeding accompaniments, till the well-defined, cutting-edge end.

Paradise – Tumbling melodies intro, before the groove-laden rhythm kicks in. Great, evocative lyrics. So much power. Such well perfected, vivid riffage. Like a rainbow of colourful sounds. Drums and cymbals marrying, idyllically, with that groove-soaked riffage and vocal forming the perfect match. Physically palpable drum rolls, taking it to the precision cut end.

Overall – Insanely, spectacularly good, ‘Eternal’ is as sensuously metallic as it gets and that’s saying something, for a band who only formed earlier this year. This is an album stacked with groove, rhythm, sensual vocal agility and heights of astounding riff dexterity. Melodically addictive, hypnotically catchy and 100% natural, ‘Eternal’s the real deal, with mesmerising charisma, throughout. 10/10 - Jenny Tate

Release Date: July 20, 2021

FFO: Lamb Of God, Metallica, Trivium

Telma is a modern metal band from Greece. They started in 2021 based on their passion for heavy music and a strong purpose to give voice to the internal conflicts that everyone fights, through their songs. The five-member band manages to offer a unique mix of old school vocals, heavy guitar and bass riff together with refined, groovy drums.

Telma is influenced by bands such as Pantera, Metallica, Slipknot, Trivium, Alice In Chains, Linkin Park and Godsmack.

"Eternal", has been released in all major digital platforms, in CD in the near future on vinyl also, along with the third single of the "Eternal" on video.

Currently, Telma focus all their energy on promoting "Eternal" and have started, after a long wait, live appearances in various cities in Greece but have plans to expand abroad.

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