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Reviewed by Gabor Kleinbloesem

Forgotten Tales – All The Sinners

The Canadian band FORGOTTEN TALES returns with a new CD, which is actually very sensational , because basically 'All the sinners' is a superb piece of Melodic Power Metal. First of all, the production and sound quality is of a very high level. Then of course the musicians are all highly skilled, especially the guitarist Martin Desharnais, who throws in some fantastic MAIDEN riffs here and there. Another positive thing about FORGOTTEN TALES is the superb female lead singer Sonia Pineault, who has an amazing voice, almost beating the legendary Canadian Metal lady LEE AARON as best female singer ever! Finally the included 10 songs are all wonderful pieces of high class Melodic Metal with a strong European touch, kinda like MAIDEN, RHAPSODY/HELLOWEEN and very early LEE AARON mixed into an exciting up-to-date style. The first couple of songs hit like a hammer in your head, with both "Lady of the forest" and "All the sinners" being sensational Melodic Metal pieces, with fantastic catchy hooks and memorable choruses. The vocal work of Sonia is some of the best I heard the past few years in the female metal genre. Canada has brought us many good things in the past (RUSH, LEE AARON, HONEYMOON SUITE, HAYWIRE, HAREM SCAREM, LOVERBOY, etc. etc.), but the past few years the scene died. However, out of Quebec comes the fantastic female fronted Melodic Metalband FORGOTTEN TALES, whom just delivered a sensational 2nd CD titled 'All the sinners'. Besides the already mentioned songs, other highlights are "March for freedom", "Three wishes" and the superb "My soul" (AFTER FOREVER eat your heart out!). Definitely a must-have if you want to hear how RHAPSODY would have sounded if they had LEE AARON on vocals, and Adrian Smith of MAIDEN as guitarist.

Note : 8.9/10