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Bright-eyes.de (11/06/2007) |
Greeks X-PIRAL sound on the one hand very Europeanbut one the other hand have various US-Metal-influences to exhibit, which makes Hunters a 68-minute interesting metallic experience. Different Prog components come to the surfase (Vanden Plas are to call here)as well as bands like Mob Rules or Symphony X if one hears Songs like slow, but intensively played, Fall Into Oblivion... |
Lordsofmetal.nl (11/06/2007) |
X-Piral from Greece is this month's supplier of sharp edged power metal. "Hunters" is the successor of "Poison Eyes", the 2005 debut album. X-Piral managed together with producer Markus Teske (known from his work with Symphony X and Vanden Plas) to record some good old and quite memorable metal songs. Far from original, but played with a lot of enthusiasm... |
Metalheart.se (11/06/2007) |
Burning Star Records crawls down in a nutshell when those in the back side of X-pirals’ “Hunters” proclaim “ If you upload it on the net… well, thank you”. There, with a budget in dense equality with today culture’s free advertisement, they are both in quantity and in quality. |
Fireworks Mag UK (For August 2007 Issue) (11/06/2007) |
X-PIRAL from Athens have been getting a lot of plays over at their myspace page, (formerly known as Shadow Play) X-piral play nicely alongside the likes of Sonata Arctica and Vanden Plas, and unsurprising really as the production has been worked on by Markus Teske who has previously tinkered with the knobs on albums by Vanden Plas, Stratovarius and Royal Hunt... |
AARD SHOCK MAGAZINE (Printed) (05/04/2007) |
“Hunters” is an album with a huge variety in which the guitar work of Nick Papanikolaou and the keyboard work of Dimitris Marinis get your attention. Especially the piano playing of Dimitris Marinis is sometimes really beautiful. The drummer Fragiskos Samoilis gives a very strong base at the songs and his playing sometimes reminds me of Jason Rullo (Symphony X). |
Avopolis Metal (05/04/2007) |
A great number of influences, a very good use of keyboards, modern and classical riffs, guitar solos that stand out, brilliant production by Markus Teske ( Sound engineer for Mob Rules, Vanden Plas, Red Circuit, Symphony X) and a vary rare characteristic for a Greek Band. Their own sound and presonality. |
Metal Invader (05/04/2007) |
This is the second work from this Hellenic band that plays melodic Heavy / Power Metal. If you have heard their first work “Poison Eyes” the first thing that you will sure notice here is the fact that the band has improved in every point that you check it, and this is always a very positive fact for a band that makes it first steps in the metal scene. |
Metal Temple (05/04/2007) |
Without any doubt the Greeks have improved themselves and have created a very good Power Metal album with catchy melodies sophisticated guitar and keyboard work and a solid rhythm section |
Metal Centre (28/08/2006) |
Most Americans could probably count on one hand the number of Greek metal bands they know. Burning Star Records hope to change this problem. A good place for the label to start is with their power metal band, X-PIRAL. Not only... |
Metal Coven (13/12/2005) |
X-Piral rocks!! Even though the cover art looks rather like queer Gothic Rock, these five Greeks celebrate great traditional Heavy Metal with a melodic touch on their debut "Poison Eyes"! And although a lot of fish struggle for dominance in this part of the sea, X-Piral succeed convincingly in retaining their own face and sounding different from the majority of their rivals... |
Metal Holocaust (13/12/2005) |
It really seems that 2005 is to be remembered as the year "of the metal invasion from Greece", while X-Piral come from the Hellenic ground, to testimony this growing reality and having a notable potential... |
Gondolin (13/12/2005) |
Everyone found something worth checking out in the flood of records we have recently received. It all went smooth without fighting, name calling or other reckless behavior. I was able to roughly check the most of the material that we got. And I can?t say it was little of it. I couldn?t dig some of them, mostly the typical Heavy or Power Metal bands and the like. On the other hand, someone could always find it worth listening to... |
Metallas.gr (14/10/2005) |
Debut album for the Athens-based band X-Piral(ex Shadow Play) with the release of "Poison Eyes" by Burning Star records. Musically they are following the Euro-Power direction, especially in the path of the Scandinavian Scene of this genre... Read more... |
Metal Temple (23/07/2005) |
X-Piral are a Greek Power Metal band. Their sound is more on the Rock based side but has not abandoned the mystic, epic side of their genre. The music is fairly traditional and although promising has not yet ventured far from its metallic nest. Now to what sets X-Piral apart... |
Metallicos.com (03/06/2005) |
Greek heavy classic metal band with power metal and epic influences, "Poison Eyes" is the name of their debut album and only release that have made since... |
Behind The Veil (01/06/2005) |
Mainly influenced by the European - German scene, but they don't hesitate to add elements from the U.S. metal scene, if that works for them and makes their compositions... |
Silent Scream (31/05/2005) |
Greece is showing to be one of the most prolific countries in metal field, also thanks to the local labels, able to raise from the underground bands of value. Among these without doubt there are X-Piral, born... |
Metal Perspective (18/05/2005) |
X-piral is a Greek band that was initially formed back in 2000, under the name Shadow Play by Nick Papanikolaou and Dimitris Marinis. Later on some other members joined the band and after some line-up changes and a few live performances it was about time... |
Tombstone (06/05/2005) |
This is the debut album of this Greek band and their music can be described as classic metal with some influences from power metal and epic, though the latest... |
Metal Invader (27/04/2005) |
X-PIRAL is a new Greek band (they were playing for some time under the name SHADOW PLAY) that is releasing its debut CD through Burning Star Records (a new Greek label). Their album contains 8 songs ... |
Rock Pages (11/03/2005) |
A new, Greek heavy/power band makes its debut with a record called “Poison Eyes” and all I can say is that the boys steal the show with their hard and fruitful work... |
The Temple Of Metal (09/03/2005) |
"Poison Eyes" is the debut album from X-Piral a new promising Greek band. Their music is an interesting combination of 80’s classic heavy metal, many power metal elements as well as epic parts and lots of keyboards. Although this could be just another cliché and retro CD, it actually sounds... |
Avopolis Metal (09/03/2005) |
Debut album for the Greek band “X-Piral” (ex-Shadow play). The band exists for 5 years now and as most of the Greek groups, they had the problem of constantly changing members.The recordings of the album started a long time ago but they suddenly... |
| : : ANNOUNCEMENTS : : |
X-Piral’s Music to be featured on DVD (13/04/2008) |
"4 Wheel Drive" is publishing "Drive Trophy 08" DVD where a race is being held between various 4X4 tracks on various landscapes (snow, sand, mud, dirt road etc) Tracks from "Hunters" album and also "Poison Eyes" album will be used as a soundtrack. We would like to thank the publishing company MOTOTECH SA for this opportunity. Stay tuned as when the DVDs are ready we will post some short clips for you to see. |
Great news for the X-Piral camp!! Popular Greek magazine "4 Wheel Drive" will include X-Piral’s Music on Special DVD Edition of this months issue. |
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