{"id":12364,"date":"2010-03-22T08:03:34","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T13:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=12364"},"modified":"2013-06-14T12:06:32","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T17:06:32","slug":"unsigned-band-news-rocket-review-total-eclipse-spellcaster-cd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=12364","title":{"rendered":"UNSIGNED BAND NEWS: ROCKET REVIEW: TOTAL ECLIPSE &#8211; &#8220;Spellcaster&#8221; (CD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Totaleclipselogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Totaleclipselogo-300x95.jpg\" alt=\"Totaleclipselogo\" width=\"300\" height=\"95\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-34069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Totaleclipselogo-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Totaleclipselogo-600x190.jpg 600w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Totaleclipselogo.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/spellcaster1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/spellcaster1.jpg\" alt=\"spellcaster\" width=\"187\" height=\"269\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34115\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i66.photobucket.com\/albums\/h259\/rsid999\/tmdcom.jpg\" alt=\"tmd\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\nAmerican metal act TOTAL ECLIPSE latest collection of rockers is entitled <em>Spellcaster<\/em> and features former PANDEMIC vocalist Andy Dracons Giardina. The resurrected TOTAL ECLIPSE &#8211; after a 4-year hiatus from the scene, is smoking hot on all eight songs featured here, namely &#8220;Hell On Earth&#8221;, which has Giardina singing: &#8220;The unspoken truth rears its head, Now you&#8217;re looking at yourself, A doomsday reflection of eternal wrath.&#8221; The blazing guitar shred and soaring vocals on <em>Spellcaster<\/em> will indeed cast a spell on its listener. &#8220;Storm Warning&#8221; showcases Giardina&#8217;s powerful singing skills that definitely falls in the range of early Bruce Dickinson and former Yngwie Malmsteen vocalist Jeff Scott Soto, as he belts out the following ominous lyrics: &#8220;The voices of their dead are carried, On the wind that blows, And now they&#8217;ve returned for your soul.&#8221; With influences ranging from Iron Maiden to Ronnie James Dio, the band is clearly a throwback to what made metal so beloved in the first place: <em>cool Medieval imagery and soaring vocal cries<\/em>. This reviewer definitely looks forward to what comes next from TOTAL ECLIPSE as they continue to make a name for themselves in the &#8216;tough to penetrate&#8217; underground world of heavy metal.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i66.photobucket.com\/albums\/h259\/rsid999\/Storm-08-june.gif\" alt=\"tmd\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i3.photobucket.com\/albums\/y55\/RSCODY\/ROCKHEROFINAL1-1-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"tmd\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/><big><br \/>\n<strong>ROCKET REVIEW:<\/strong><br \/>\n[starreview tpl=16] <strong>TOTAL ECLIPSE &#8211; &#8220;Spellcaster&#8221; (CD)<\/strong><small><br \/>\n<em>(Self-Released\/2010)<\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n1. Seven Trials<br \/>\n2. Spellcaster<br \/>\n3. Storm Warning<br \/>\n4. Final Evolution<br \/>\n5. Hell On Earth<br \/>\n6. Ashes Of Eden Pt. 2<br \/>\n7. Above And Below<br \/>\n8. The Flames Of Eternity<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/teclipse114\">http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/teclipse114<\/a><\/small><\/big><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American metal act TOTAL ECLIPSE latest collection of rockers is entitled Spellcaster and features former&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-metal-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}