Debut of this Swedish quintet, that recorded the cd in Denmark and sing in English (not at a lack of influences, are they?). Generally, you could say that the best part is the cover, with that devastated and chaotic landscape, and the nice lady in charge of the vocals. Lucky the booklet includes some pictures of the aforementioned lady and we can distract ourselves gazing into those beautiful green eyes, because the record is a loop of monotony that is too repetitive in too many senses.

Johanna De Pierre's vocal tonality does not change throughout the record, so I guess she doesn't have much vocal ease and agility. In fact, I suspect that this ease and agility may be hiding in other parts and actions, something I really wouldn't mind checking out.

And the same can be said about the rhythmic base, which despite being based on somewhat aggressive riffs (not that much actually), are as monotonous -or more- than the vocal section, while the solos are usually quite short and not too complex, something that leads one to classify the record as boring. If the ease and agility of these four guys are also in some other parts, it is something I am not at all eager to find out.

Overall, a bit of a poor album which will not go into history as one of the best debuts of the year... although my opinion could change if Miss De Pierre got in touch with me to show me her ease and agility...

Sergi
Translation: Fausto Navarro http://faustonavarro.com