Naildown - Dreamcrusher

Published May 04 2007

*=Staff's pick	Dreamcrusher Judgement Ride* Lame P.I.B. Silent Fall Like I´d Care Deep Under The Stones Save Your Breath The New Wave

Genre	Melodic Death Metal	Daniel Freyberg	Vocals
Tracks	9	Daniel Freyberg	Guitar
Runningtime	42 Min.	Asko Sartanen	Guitar
Label	Spinefarm Records	Matti Hämäläinen	Bass
Release	14 March 2007	Janne Jukarainen	Drums
Country	Finland	Jarmo Puikkonen	Keyboard
Similar artists	Fear Factory, Children Of Bodom

Nightwish. Children Of Bodom. Ensiferum. Amorphis. These are just a handful of successful Finnish bands that Spinefarm Records have taken under their wings during the years. Which means that the newcomers in Naildown have quite a lot to live up to. Alas, Dreamcrusher turns to out to be nothing else than a severe dud.

Naildown borrows from left to right on their debut album, mostly from Children Of Bodom. Nothing wrong with that, but the result lack both character and bite, and is something of the most pointless I've had the bad luck to listen to in a long time. The title track is a good example of how tame this release is. For a demo band this would have been perfectly acceptable, but I had hoped that Spinefarm had higher demands than to sign a band that write songs that sound like something Fear Factory would have rejected ten years ago.

Judgement Ride is the only song on the album that shows intentions, and it's also the only one with a chorus that is memorable enough to last in your mind after the record has stopped spinning. That is of course way too little when the rest is nothing more than what the title of track three is called. Something that sums up this release pretty well.

"Dreams will be crushed", states the homepage. Oh yes, unfortunately for all concerned, those dreams are probably Spinefarm's wishes that Naildown will be another profitable band in their stable.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
5	4	5	4	3

Summary
3 chalices of 10 - Niklas