Besides being known as the cradle of democracy, Athens (Greece) is also the home of Innerwish, a melodic powermetal band which was formed in 1995. Their third full-length album, Silent Faces.

Well, I'll be straight to the point on this one. The music is not much different from any other good powermetal bands who actively produce material nowadays. The band's influences are among others: Riot, Jag Panzer and Queensryche. What disappointed me a little is that they don't really have an own sound (and I literally mean SOUND) in their music. On a compilation album which I happen to own they don't really draw much attention to themselves. They sort of ‘blend in the masses'. Which can be seen as a good thing too: they can't be put aside as a band which doesn't have the right to be in the powermetal scene. They're from Greece, but they're just as good as many well-known american heavy metal bands!

Innerwish manages to write powerful songs and the melodies are very catchy at times. If I Could Turn Back Time, for example, is one hell of a good song. Catchy to the root and with nice guitarriffs, this song came out of my speakers a lot more than once.
The vocals of Babis reminded me a bit of those of Falconer vocalist Karl Kristoffer Göbel. Babis has the same power, melody and emotion in his vocal chords as Karl, which is a big compliment towards this promising Greek singer.
The music, although it's technical most of the time, still reaches a wide audience. And that's worth a lot.

I very much enjoyed listening to this album, but it just wasn't enough to get me all-out enthousiastic. Innerwish shows a lot of potential, though. So keep your eyes and ears wide open!

Line-Up:
Babis Alexandropoulos – vocals
Thimios Krikos – guitar
Manolis Tsigos – guitar
Antonis Mazarakis – bass
Terry Moros – drums

Tracklisting:
1. Dancer Of The Storm
2. Hold Me Tight
3. If I Could Turn Back Time
4. Midnight Call
5. Hold On
6. Silent Faces
7. Dreadful Signs
8. Set Me Free
9. Riding On The Wind
10. Realms Of Tomorrow

Review by BlackRain