Scanner--Ball of the Damned

Scanner--Ball of the Damned (1997/Saraya) Rating--8.3

European power metal, with good flashes of speed. The music has nice bottom-heaviness, as there are bits of Metalium, maybe some melodic Lefay... Overall, it's sharp, semi-technical distortion.
Vocally, head singer Haridon Lee has a strong, hallowed voice, sounding a bit like Riot's many past belters.
Opening track "Puppet on a String" features Ralph Scheepers as the guest vocalist... but it doesn't do a whole lot to stand out. Better tracks show up in the forms of the building title song with its rapid-rolling chorus, the cutting "We Start it Tomorrow," and the great singing of "Frozen Under the Sun".
Other good cuts surface in "True Stories Teller," "Judge on the Run," and the faster "Tollshocked".
TRACK LIST: Puppet on a String/Frozen Under the Sun/We Start It Tomorrow/True Stories Teller/Tollshocked/Lord Barker's Theme/Ball of the Damned/Judge on the Run/Innuendo

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