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I
have to admit, after listening to the first track I already
wanted to put the album away, but right after listening to track
2 Eventide could convince me to listen to the entire album. Why?
Well, because the opener is such a boring Melodic Death/Thrash
song. In the second song everything is completely different,
modern influences like clean vocals, a lot of variety and
enthusiasm makes you listen attentively. This is how Melodic
Death/Thrash Metal should sound like. Maybe the first track is
left over from one of their prior demos, as the foundation of
Eventide was already done back in 1998 and "Diaries from
the Gallows" is the first regular album of the swedish
group. While listening to the album it gets clear that this
debut is not the ultimate next big thing for the metal scene,
nevertheless Eventide have a very solid sound which is rarely
boring. They manage to keep the listeners interest by smart song
structures, constant change of tempo as well as keyboard, piano
and acoustic parts. And whenever clean vocals appear the band
can score. It remains to be seen if Eventide can prevail, and if
they can follow the way of e.g. In Flames, musically both bands
have a lot in common. We will see how this very interesting band
will evolve.
Original
review: eller for amboss magazine
Translated by
Torsten Maibohm
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