Lacuna Coil – Dark Adrenaline (2012) – Review

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First impression: Talk about crispy and – yes – meaty. Very meaty! Thundering bass, scratchy, crunchy – all that jazz!

This is how the 6th studio album Dark Adrenaline of the Italian band Lacuna Coil presents itself at the opening. And with some nice and very metal tunes to boot. Or should we say ‘would like’ to present itself?

Because on the other hand, whilst definitely rocky and straightforward, the record kind of sounds like Evanescence without the lithium. Yet again, Andrea Ferro‘s interludes do undoubtedly add a lot of juice to bring that metallic counterweight to bear.

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Finsterforst – Rastlos (2012) – Review

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I came across Finsterforst via their latest 2014 record Mach Dich Frei and found them forest boys of good, crunchy quality. In style, clear delivery, and technical prowess. Yet the lyrics were wanting somewhat, too much hate mail there. But by and large, their tune turns out to be pretty mature.  

Now, their magic potion Rastlos is different. Insomnium with a Black Forest Pie flavor mixed with a portion of Moonsorrow style of bleak, black winter lakes? Sometimes the similarities are quite startling and perhaps Finsterforst pushed this one a bit far in this here record. Evil tongues say that [...] Click to raid more!

Passenger – All the Little Lights (2012) – Review

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It was one of these ‘interesting, tell me more’ experiences that got me looking into the British gig Passenger. Since the official breakup of the band in 2009, Mike Rosenberg basically manages the outfit, together with a few studio musicians.

Little chipmunk voice seemingly coming from the Master of Nerds, letting off steam over everyday issues. Sometimes of the trivial kind, sometimes with a little more substance, but not really getting up to speed with his music. Right? Not so fast! 

Passenger’s fourth 2012 studio album All The Little Lights is laid back. Quiet Folk Rock or simply Folk, with … [...] Click to raid more!

The Rasmus – The Rasmus (2012) – Review

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I was very worried about the not-so-stellar solo performance of Lauri Ylönen produced in his 2011 solo album New World. This sounded like some kind of a bad to worse development of former terrors, along the line of what we saw happening in The Rasmus last record. But – to our good fortune – this did not happen in this new record. Which is a big relief.

OK, it is now a given, folks! Their style is fully anchored in Pop Rock. But there’s nothing bad about that. If you do not like their style, don’t bitch about it,
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