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Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken

Published October 08 2014


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=Staff's pick

The Awakening
King Of Errors*
A New Dawn
Wake A Change
Archaic Rage*
Barricades
Black Undertow
The Fire
Hymns For The Broken
Missing You
The Grand Collapse
The Aftermath


Genre Progressive Heavy Metal
Tom S. Englund
Vocals
Tracks 12
Tom S. Englund-
Guitar
Running time 61 Min.
Henrik Danhage
Guitar
Label AFM Records
Johan Nieman
Bass
Release 26 September 2014
Jonas Ekdahl
Drums
Country Sweden
Rikard Zander
Keyboard
Producer Jacob Hansen
Similar artists ---

Swedish constellation Evergrey has never really been able to reach the bigger masses and although I enjoy this new effort, I find it hard to see the band finally pass through the gate to great recognition and massive success. Perhaps this unit plays a type of music that is too hard to understand and too complex to embrace for regular heavy metal hearts.

Evergrey, with Tom S. Englund in the driver's seat, nevertheless continues its sort of progressive way and its personal type of metal, filled with agonizing sections and strong empathy. The band has its very own ways to find stuff to complete the experience with suffering moments and the basic foundations can hardly be mistaken for anything else on the scene. The music is absolutely not specifically complicated and although it's labeled as something progressive, it still has a very melodic touch to it.

The riffs are mostly heavy, but at the same time, the music shines a little by the keyboard notes, which function as well balanced elements and aren't placed too loud in the mix, which is pretty common in heavy music when bands try to fix this instrument to a solid position in the total outcome. All in all, a rather satisfying effort, but I highly doubt that this record will give the band its well deserved boost, although the track King Of Errors definitely is an awesome moment.

See also review of: Torn , Monday Morning Apocalypse , The Inner Circle

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Summary



6 chalices of 10 - Tobbe


Related links:

www.evergrey.net
/www.facebook.com/evergrey