At Vance – The Evil in You
Just like a big share of the Euro power metal movement, I can get into the aggressive guitar work and often impressive solo spell crafting, but why do they always have to file down the sharp teeth bared by the music, with completely weak, pretty boy pitch singing? At Vance are such a band. So much promise and gift for hook laden songwriting where melody and a sharp delivery can intertwine is wasted on laughably rhymey chorus’ and commercial sounding synth work. As “The Evil In You” continues on, the bite that existed on the initial few tracks of this disc corrodes away into a heap of softer rock influences where it’s obvious the vocalist feels most comfortable. Gang yelled chorus’, spandex and images of well groomed babe magnets is what the music of At Vance offers stylistically. Does that sound like something you want to run out and purchase? Me either. – Marty
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