Hailing from the cradle of civilisation, Athens based Andry Lagiou’s vocal power fully fills her sails on her quest for metal stardom. As a former runner-up on the Greek version of The Voice, and ongoing front
person of The Harps, she came to prominence with her version of the Deep Purple classic song, Burn. Now it is time for her to spread her wings and go solo with her debut album, Skies. Clad in a classic metal musical mode, Skies reveals Andry’s fixation with her hero, Ronnie James Dio. Her vocal stylings esemble Dio’s with her falsetto-like power alloyed to similar metal grooves. Whilst Skies does not break new metal ground, it more than holds its own in a weighty musical genre. Aided by stellar guest cameos by Billy Sheehan, Russell Gilbrook, Mike Lepond, Stephen Platt and mixed by Jay Ruston, adding further gravitas, the songs have impressive detailing that enables them to rise above this genre’s often corny tropes. Mistress Of The Night and Good Trip To Hell deliver a forceful ear bashing of metal sonics. In saying such, so does everything else on this confident recording. Presented as an avenging dark angel on the cover artwork, Andry has delivered an album in which there’s no argument against what it stands for.
Words by Paul Davies
