{"id":17855,"date":"2018-09-24T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T05:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=17855"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:48:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:48:43","slug":"album-review-dream-child-until-death-do-we-meet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=17855","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Dream Child – Until Death Do We Meet Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dream Child \u2013 Until Death Do We Meet Again<\/strong>
\nLabel:<\/strong> Frontiers Records<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard for me to believe that it\u2019s already been eight years since Dio passed away.\u00a0 It was without a doubt one of the biggest losses of my life in music and as a huge fan, I hated seeing his legacy being dragged and stretched far beyond its means.\u00a0 We had Dio Disciples which was basically Dio\u2019s band without him touring as a tribute.\u00a0 Then we had Last in Line who was Dio\u2019s original line up formed by Vivian Campbell who supposedly hated Dio\u2019s music and the man himself which was (and still is) atrocious.\u00a0 Finally, we had the Dio Hologram tour.\u00a0 Is this how I wanted to remember the legacy of Dio\u2019s music?\u00a0 No, but all that would change with the release of Until Death Do We Meet Again by Dream Child.<\/p>\n

Dream Child consists of former Dio right hand man Craig Goldy, Wayne Findlay, Dio alumni Simon Wright on drums and Rudy Sarzo on bass guitar, and last but not least, the secret ingredient in Helker vocalist Diego Valdez.\u00a0 When I first heard Helker about two years ago, the first thing that struck me was that this guy was definitely a Dio fan.\u00a0 It was so cool to hear of an Argentine metal band with a singer who was so heavily influenced by Ronnie that while not a clone, he embodied the energy, the spirit, and the powerful presence of Ronnie\u2019s commanding voice.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Put all of this together and you get Dream Child.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder the Wire\u201d is an absolutely facemelter right out the gates but it\u2019s \u201cYou Can\u2019t Take Me Down\u201d that truly grabbed me by the scruff of my neck and shook me a bit.\u00a0 I literally pounded my fist on my desk upon hearing this 7 minute epic and I just said \u201cYES!\u201d in totally Beavis and Butthead style.\u00a0 The real show stopper for me is the title track which at nearly 8 minutes beckoned back to the epic Dio\/Sabbath era. \u00a0With its dynamic changes and its lyrics, this song to me embodied what this band is trying to do and what they are all about.\u00a0 The band is playing so fucking well on this album and Goldy really steps out into his own shoes and does some of this greatest playing to date.<\/p>\n