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Elle Tea - Fate Is At My Side - Reviewed By metalcrypt! Wednesday June 14 2023, 4:56 PM

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Elle Tea - Fate Is At My Side - Reviewed By metalcrypt ! Check it out here at this link: http://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=14554

I have to admit, the cover of Fate Is at My Side is what drew me to reviewing this band. It has such a Crystal Logic look that combined with the esoteric name, Elle Tea, and all the '80s hard rock and heavy metal influences listed in the bio had me thinking Manilla Road. While there are similarities, they are few and far between as Elle Tea's music tracks closer to hard rock, especially the vocals. I would still call them unusual, but not nearly as esoteric or distinctive as Mark Shelton's. They are more of a serviceable clean variety with a directness to the vocal lines. As I said, there are a few Manilla Road dovetails. "Part of the Devil" has similarly off-kilter lyrics and guitar work alternating between slow, moody passages and rolling, rambling riffs. "Burning Soul" starts out with the same kind of pensive acoustic guitar Manilla Road was known for ("The Fountain" from Mysterium is what jumped to my mind initially), but it quickly turns into a hard rocker. At the end of the day, Fate Is at My Side is OK. I didn't hate it while it was on, but it is plain and unexciting much of the time. The best way I can describe how it landed for me is if Manilla Road was more influenced by Blue Oyster Cult and less by Rush. It does not sound like everything else, so I'll give it that. It was originally recorded back in 2017 so maybe Trevisan has sharpened his songwriting in the intervening years and will be releasing an improved effort. Until then, Elle Tea is not doing anything you need to get excited about. metalcrypt

Release Date: 28/04/2023

FFO: Saxon, Diamond Head, Dio

Location: Florence (Italy)

Short Bio: One man project by Leonardo Trevisan born from the passion for classic hard rock and heavy metal. Strongly based in the 80's sound! Heavily influenced by bands like Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Dio, Megadeth, Manowar, Virgin Steele, Saxon, Blind Guardian, Rhapsody, AC/DC, Van Halen, Queen, Aerosmith, Deep Purple, and Whitesnake. At a young age he started out learning traditional microphone recording and playing guitar to write his own songs, devoting every moment and energy trying to reach his personal goals. Now at 27 he has decided to publish his works starting from this album he first made in 2017. The aim with this project is to keep writing metal and hard rock works for passion to satisfy his inner needs but also trying to find people interested in what he is doing the way he is doing it.

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