Review: Chand K Nova – The Wrath Of Chand

2015

Reviewer: Dan Mann

Chand K Nova was not familiar to me before this album dropped into the inbox.

‘The Wrath Of Chand‘ is a twelve track instrumental rock album, written & recorded by Chand, a musician from London.

Kicking off with the title track ‘Wrath of Chand‘ your instantly transported into the realms of Satriani & Vai with maybe a hint of Ozric Tentacles for good measure. Personally I need to be in a certain frame of mind to enjoy instrumental albums, and so have waited till the right time to give this a fair crack of the whip.

Technically proficient playing to my ears, no doubt my guitarist chums will either correct me or agree! Certainly you get a fair bit of widdly widdly, however there are more laid back segments of the album.

‘Warlord‘ has a harder edge to it then some of the tracks, which given it’s title is not really a surprise.

‘Different Faces of the Same Beast‘ certainly made the cone in my sub woofer move somewhat with a low down rumble of bass which is overpowering to the extent that it spoils what is otherwise quite an enjoyable track.

‘Final Strike‘ cries out for some decent vocals which would give a decent melodic hard rock track.

If you like your instrumental rock then it’s certainly worth checking out, overall not a bad album and I’d be intrigued to hear something in a full band context.