Stargazery Eye On The Sky

2011, Finland's Stargazery's debut album, EYE ON THE SKY, is the first album on Pure Legend Records. EYE ON THE SKY is solid melodic metal, possibly more melodic hard rock than heavy metal. Imagine this audio image: Eighties Rainbow, without Ronnie James, and then peppered with both some Whitesnake, less bluesy but just as bombastic, and metal heaviness from Scandinavian friends Astral Doors. Whether that's definitive or not, Stargazery works the angles of melodic hard rock and metal with aplomb. The friendliness of melody merged with the power of heaviness marks songs such as ,,Dying", the opener, ,,Judah (The Lion)", and ,,Jester Of Kings", the shortest song here. Other short numbers like ,,How Many Miles" and ,,I Am The Night" show Stargazery's ability to be efficient: wasting little time and no notes, they deliver forceful but catchy melodic metal.