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What´s
your first thought when it comes to swedish Melodic Death Metal?
You will certainly spontaneously think of In Flames, At the
Gates, Soilwork or The Haunted. Eventide origin from Sweden as
well, and surprise surprise, they play Melodic Death Metal. Thus
you could suspect a great similarity to the mentioned bands.
But
this is only partly true, as now and then references to Dimmu
Borgir appear, which creates an interesting and fresh
combination. Measured Keyboard passages, campfire guitar soli
and engrossed violins burst through the otherwise rather hard
riffs and the aggressive growls. Occasionally you hear clean
vocals, which are almost immanent to the Gothenburg scene. The
screams and growls fit very well to the overall concept.
The
song structures are very diversified, great guitar solos and
intros supported by keyboards enrich the sound even more. The
guys of Eventide (Jacob Magnusson on vocals, guitars and
electronics, Sebastian Olsson on guitars, Thomas Magnusson on
bass and Max Seppälä on drums and electronics) manage to
satisfy the listener, especially with their unique sound which
differs from known bands like In Flames or Soilwork. A clean and
powerful production and an adequate, abstract artwork help the
album to stand out of the flood of Melodic Death Metal bands.
An
interesting song is the calm instrumental „Vargavidderna“,
however my favourite tracks is „The Skeleton Who Sold His
Skin“, which combines all elements of Melodic Death and shows
best the skills of this quartet.
Altogether
a very convincing album which will definately play a long time
in my CD Player.
Score: 4,5 of 5.
Original review: Mandra for
Osnametal.de
Translated by
Torsten Maibohm
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