Burning Black - Remission of Sin

It’s already been more than a decade since Burning Black started out in Italy. Their new, third album, comes almost 5 years after their previous one, “MechanicHell”. Of course, there are plenty of line-up changes. To be precise, only the singer Dan Ainlay from the previous line-up is there and he’s also the only original member. So we have Eric Antonello on guitars, Chris Jeremy on guitars, Simmi Wild on bass and Luke Oswin on drums.
 
Burning Black are into heavy/power metal music. They may have more European power metal elements than US ones, but they prefer to have more mid-tempo heavy tracks than the double-bass ones that the majority Euro-power metal acts have. Personally, I prefer that heavy/power metal approach than the fast-paced monotonous one. The production is quite good, even though it’s a bit sharp at times. Responsible for the mixing and the mastering of the album is Luigi Stefanini (Highlord, Elvenking, Dark Moor, Thunderstorm, etc.) along with the band.
 
“Remission of Sin” is a solid heavy/power metal album. There’s nothing wrong with the album or the sound on the whole, but I think it misses that ‘X’ factor which makes such an album a bit more desirable and gratifying at long last. Perhaps they need to come up with more intense & memorable melodies… but it’s absolutely the band’s responsibility to work on their shortcomings in order to present something stronger in the future…