DIABULUS IN MUSICA — The Wanderer (review)

DIABULUS IN MUSICA — The Wanderer album cover Album · 2012 · Symphonic Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
2/5 ·
Warthur
On the basis of The Wanderer, at least, it doesn't sound as though Diabulus In Musica are a band who are likely to change many minds about the merits of symphonic metal. Beauty and the beast vocal delivery? Check. Mediocre metal with elements of mediocre symphonic music added here and there in an attempt to add flavour? Check. Cheesy choir effects and a creeping power metal influence? Check. Generally rather unoriginal music which forces me to wonder what people see in this subgenre? Very much check. On the whole, Diabulus In Musica don't come across any different to me than the likes of Epica or Nightwish - purveyors of a style of music which to my ears at least seems excessively based on a very limited and rather cheesy set of stylistic motifs and gimmicks.
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