Mile - Lost

Published December 16 2015

*=Staff's pick	Falling Dark Cold Cell* Reaching For The Sky Final Battle Ripped Of All Hope* Confide To My Grave When Lies Are Turning Red* War Cry* Lost

Genre	Heavy Metal	Masken	Vocals
Tracks	10	Fredrik	Guitar
Running time	45 Min.	Dave Wallberg	Guitar
Label	Rambo/Sony Music	Niklas Tidholm	Bass
Release	December 18, 2015	Dennis Kjellgren	Drums
Country	Sweden	-	Keyboard
Producer	-
Similar artists	---

Swedish newcomers Mile basically present an uncomplicated and modern form of heavy metal. It's sort of melodic with a little bit of a heavier and rougher approach coming to it and they aren't strangers of putting forward double bass drums when they from time to time want to pick up the pace a few steps. The riffing is somewhat mechanical, yet with a nice flow, and somewhere lurking deep down beneath are stuff reminiscent to kind of industrial tones.

I believe that the album first and foremost doesn't set aim for people looking for massive guitar playing and fans who choose to find their own choice of metal by personal selection. I would say that its primary target audience is instead people who prefer listening to rock or metal radio and getting their choices served on a plate by some bought off station rather than searching out the realms by themselves. Is this necessarily something bad? No, but it's still the stone-cold truth.

This release nevertheless contains lots of hooks and captivating melodies and I think that the strength within this before untested band is their ability to write and design parts which are essentially quite easy to absorb and to remember. It's definitely not a varied record though, because the songs generally have a certain similar style and appearance, which the band obviously doesn't choose to deviate from too much on too many times.

I can't say that all the songs are totally mind-blowing, but still the major share of them are absolutely on a very satisfactory level if you're looking for a convenient and easy-going experience. It has large number of memorable moments and it comes out fresh and viable and is therefore in the end a most valid debut and I believe that this unit along the road in fact might get some recognition in the nest of mainstream metal.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
6	4	6	6	7

Summary
7 chalices of 10 - Tobbe