Review

SHATTERED DESTINY – FRAGMENTS
Released 20th March 2012

Words: Gaz Martinez

Shattered Destiny’s the name, shattering destinies seem to be their game. Their new EP Fragments lends credit to this and offers us four pseudo-thrashy songs, with hints of power metal, it’s actually a decent listen through and through, singer JJ belts his larynx out and welcomes us to hell on Welcome while coming across as a Dave Mustaine/Joacim Cans hybrid (The former in lyrical delivery, the latter in lyrical content).

If Welcome demonstrates the bands ability to crunch their way through life, then Deceitful Heart is their take on the introduction anyway, changing from clean keys to blasting out some heavy power chords half way through. Oblivion is yet another approach to their method, here they really embrace their symphonic/power metal elements. Mark pounds those drums with great precision, if not too much ingenuity, the same can be said of the guitars and bass. They do the job more than adequately, but here it feels that the phrase ‘The whole is more than the sum of its parts’ really applies here. Most artists are able to count their main influences on one hand, but it is clear here that Shattered Destiny are influenced by much more than one particular style here. Each song is genuinely different to the next, but surprisingly, the band manage to make it all sound coherent, and not at all out of place. It is a very interesting listen and it leaves the listener on a musical cliffhanger. You’re left wondering just what direction will Shattered Destiny take when they go to record a full length album? The influences are plentiful, and so are the possibilities with this band.


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