Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken |
Published October 08 2014
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The Awakening |
| Genre | Progressive Heavy Metal |
Tom S. Englund
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Vocals
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| Tracks | 12 |
Tom S. Englund-
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Guitar
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| Running time | 61 Min. |
Henrik Danhage
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Guitar
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| Label | AFM Records |
Johan Nieman
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Bass
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| Release | 26 September 2014 |
Jonas Ekdahl
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Drums
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| Country | Sweden |
Rikard Zander
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Keyboard
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| 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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6 chalices of 10 - Tobbe |
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