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Band
Blackstar Halo
Title
Illuminated
Type
LP/EP
Company
Artist Anonymous
YOR
2010
Style
Hard Rock
7/30/2011 5:41:01 AM - Review by: Eric Compton
Handful of reviews in these pages that have no clear description on band or premise. Blackstar Halo from Finland are damn near impossible to describe. This is the debut and it is rich with driving melodic guitar that is stitched tight with highs and lows. Vocals are clean and almost commercial friendly. I've spun it a dozen times or more and I'm still at a loss. I like it...maybe comparable to the groove of Black Veil Brides with some odd Disturbed arrangements with the AOR sense of Powerworld.
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Illuminated
2010
Artist Anonymous
Eric Compton7/30/2011
3.5

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