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In Medias Res

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Birth name Ji-In Cho
Born December 30, 1976 (1976-12-30) (age 32)
Origin Germany
Instrument(s) Vocals, piano, violin
Years active 2003 - present
Bands:Krypteria, Become One

Animus Liber is my favorite track on In Medias Res. Very good album. Interesting Latin lyrics. Krypteria continue to produce superior music.
of course, Ji-In Cho delivers powerful vocals, as she always does.

This is a five star product.

This is my first review of an album and I'll show you why this from-middle-of-nowhere band was chosen to be my first. For anyone who loves such band as Evanescence, this will be a good album not only to fill up the gap between Evans' 2 albums but also to discover a whole new thing. The album itself shows great efforts of the German - Korean band. It resembles Evans' blockbusting Fallen in some ways maybe in the female vocal) but is not as dark and does have its own flavour as well. The album is no way near exellence (it is something like a debut) but try it and it won't disappoint you. Their music; however, differs from the other woman-fronted rockbands .Of course, any comparison between Krypteria and such band as Nightwish or After Forever sucks. Perhaps they are something nearer to Evanescence (but they are no copycat). The music is based on Gregorian chant and is led impressively by the Korean vocalist Ji-in Cho. Her sound is not so-good but bright and catchy (quite good for any ballad) and I have to admit that she goes live far better than Evans' Amy Lee (though I still love Lee's voice). That's why I regret missing their live concert when they came to my place in June.
1. VICTORIAM SPERAMUS: The first single starts in a good tune, followed by the soft singing and impressive backing vocals. The chorus is not in English but it doesn't matter as long as you can feel the epic atmosphere. A well-arranged piece... 4/5
2. WILL YOU BE THERE FOR ME: starts with some beautiful piano then speeds up in the middle with the blend of drumsbeat and guitar. The chorus is boring. 3.5/5
3. WHY: My most unfavourable track of the album, so plain and boring. The only thing that saves it is the good starting tune that was once used in another song of the band- Liberatio. 3/5
4. NO MORE LIES: begins more powerfully. The vocal has improves a lot ( compared to the first 3 songs). 3.5/5
5.QUAE LAETITIA: I don't understand this semi-ballad's name and the chorus, yet this is the best song on the disc. Try it and you'll have a reason to buy this album. It flows with the hauntingly beautiful melody. The nicely written lyric is full of imagination and also adds excitement. It's a REAL theme!!! 5/5
6. ALWAYS AND FOREVER: Soft vocal and nothing more... An average track.3/5
7. CONCORDIA: Another highlight of the album. The piano blends well with the bright vocal. The song is about togetherness. Turn off the light or simply close your eyes and let the beautiful melody flow right through you! 5/5
8. SAVE ME: A typical song of this album but with noticeably energetic beginning and pop lyric.
9. ANIMUS LIBER: A haunting ballad, one of my favourite, deep lyric and pale melody, pleasant to listen to. 4/5
10. YOU & I: A duel between Ji-in and a strong dark masculine voice (the guitarist, I guess). The lyric makes good sense and there is a smart reverse between the two vocals. The whole song bring something atmospheric. 4.5/5
11. GOING MY WAY: A goodie puppie song, feels like Britney getting up in Goth style. Funny to listen to. 4/5
12. THE TEARS I CRY: A catchy ballad, not so original but good enough. 3.5/5
13. CAROL OF THE BELLS: A nice piano performance of Ji-in. Cool and enigmatic. 4.5/5
14. VICTORIAM SPERAMUS (bonusvideo): A shorter and better version... 4/5
15. GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY (live): The tracks shows how well Ji-in can go live. Her vocal part is even better than those of the studio tracks. A powerful song with interesting lyric. 4.5/5

Overall: 4 stars. Krypteria is on a good ground to blast!

This album "In Medias Res" is amazing... It has a blend that is rare, especially singing some words in Latin. The lead singer, Ji-In Cho has a Beautiful, magical, and fresh voice. She is beautiful too. My favorite song is Victoriam Speramus. The albim truly is inspirational, Epic, and Awesome...

First I'm big into metal and I started with Blood Angel's cry so this may skew my review.

This album is decidedly not metal. Yea there are some rocked up songs but they are most certainly more pop than metal.

I read the band bio that they started with a more symphonic pop studio act with multiple guest singers. This would be one of those albums where they are still in that pop/easy listening sort of mood, but they settled on Jo-In Cho as the vocalist.

If you like Liberatio you'll probably like this album. I've noticed that Krypteria seems to do one album that is pretty cheesy that experiments a lot with new music styles and textures, and the following album refines things. Liberatio was pretty much the almost all cheese version of this album. This album has some good tunes mixed in.

I saw someone else likened them to Within Temptation. Not even close.

If you are looking to continue exploring Krypteria's more gothic metal trend check out "My Fatal Kiss".

This band attempts to be similar to Within Temptation, Elis, and others but doesn't succeed very well in doing so. When I first listened to it, I definitely recognized the similar sound but at the same time felt no draw to it at all. The lead singer has a nice voice but sings in a sort of pop-style, which just makes the music sound even cheesier than it already is. I've almost laughed out loud at some of the stuff this band does. In the very first song of the album, they try to use latin and a whole back-up chorus in a very simple and rather lame song. This tactic, which is used very well by Within Temptation, falls flat with Krypteria. Their songs are simply not elaborate enough to support all the frills and bows they try to add on.

So, yes, I would agree with people that argue that this band sounds like Within Temptation, and Elis only due to stylistic elements. However, the actual songs themselves are far too simple, have cheesy lyrics, and bring in the whole chorus at the wrong times. Krypteria seems to lack imagination, as well, as many choruses consist of just a few words or phrases which are repeated over and over again with the very simple melody. Lots of effort put into production but the music just doesn't follow up.

"In Medias Res" is the second album by the Germon symphonic metal band Krypteria, and it's their first to feature the spectacularly energetic vocals of South Korean singer Ji-In Cho. As noted by reviewer Lee Wen, this album is a little rough around the edges, but it's definitely worth a listen. Ji-In Cho's voice isn't as strong as that of Amy Lee of Evanescence or Sharon den Adel of Within Temptation, but she has a *lot* of energy, and it works well when combined with the amazing music of the rest of the Krypteria band.

The stand-out track on this album is "You and I", which is a brilliant post-love duet guaranteed to make the listener smile. It features a rather whimsical mix of soaring vocals and stinging simile-laden retorts that requires more than a single listen.

And if you like this album, you *must* get their follow-up album, entitled "Bloodangel's Cry". It features even stronger music and vocals, and it shows that Krypteria is a band with tremendous potential for the future.

This band is better than most out there. The Front woman is hotter than the sun. She has a voice that blows Amy Lee away. The choirs is some that make this band stand out. The Songs are catchy and they are enjoyable as hell. I got the xtrea disc and it has two videos which show case the band peferctly. The song "Get the hell out of my way" has been suck in head for days now(I love it so much). If you are in to women fronted bands with a thunder behind them, Krypteria is worth checking out.

I was buying this CD for a friend and the order was cancelled, with no e-mail explaining why, just a letter from Amazon basically saying "F-you. You are not important, move along"

Needless to say I would avoid this store at all costs.