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1. The Quiet Resistance 
2. Caught In The Middle
3. Afterlife
4. Whenever
5. If You Could
6. High Enough
7. Say
8. It's Over
9. I live
10. Stay With Me
11. Rush
12. Release Me
13. 2012

Bonus track: Allein

Manda Ophuis

Vocals

Hendrik Jan de Jong

Guitars

Sonny Onderwater

Bass

Lasse Dellbrugge

Keys and Electronics

Frank  van der Star

Drums

LIVE REPORTS/FOTOS

 SWISS  UNDERGROUND 

EXCENTRIC (CH), FROZENROOM (CH)

Rockbar, Sissach,  Switzerland

 October 29/2011

NEMESEA: "The Quiet Resistance"                      

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review  by Salvo Russo 

Nowadays music is contamination.

Yes I know…most of you could think that it’s the umpteenth band of gothic pop in which female vocal are the essence of the music…I don’t think so…and this review will invite you to re-evaluate this awesome band!

This new Nemesea album is a very good release in which I notice the search of improvement, the sound is full of original elements…search made by various influences and it’s impossible to define this band….
Manda gets an incredible and awesome timbre, which is  noticeable since the opener (after the intro the quiet resistance) “Caught In The Middle” in which power and melody meet  together into a very good song embellished by perfect electronic loops…
The quality of the band is true to type and the single “Afterlife” confirms what I say….in this case the band can’t but remind of Evanescence for what concerns the song mood…but I can’t but say that the result is fantastic!

“Whenever” is pure modern pop-rock in which the band puts the gothic soul in order to give emphasis to a very easy listening song…in this contest it’s the cherry on top!!!

A song like “If You Could” can’t but remind of Delain but there’s no way to be insensitive…this song is as deep as awesome….just made with to the smallest details….The band shows to be up to the task…..

Absolutely original “High Enough”..a sort of Delain mixed to Madonna!!! Yes…it’s true…I appreciate the use this fantastic way to create songs…the chorus seems near to Delain but some parts, in which the band seems to remind of Madonna, are impressive!
“Say” is another classic pop-goth-alternative song that is in line with the style, even if the band is able to find good arrangement solutions…
“It’s over” is another melodic anthem-song in which male and female vocals create an unforgettable refrain. It’s incredible how the band is able to use electronic loops in order to create interesting passages ..in this case they have been able to mix hip hop loops to the song!!!

Emotional and intense is “I Live” characterized by another fantastic refrain!!! What else do we need???
“Stay With Me” is less original even if it’s another good song in according to the style of the band…
Modern and original is “Rush”..the proof that the band keep on searching different solutions to the classic pop goth style…

It could be reductive to consider them like a classic modern pop goth band…there are a lot of influences here…from gothic to pop…alternative, elektro dark, a very talented band…that comes back after 4 years with another album studio ready to impress people who appreciate different kind of styles…
Nowadays music is contamination and this band is the proof of it!!!

I want to underline this theory by  commenting  the song “2012”, a very impressing instrumental track, in which the band is able to make (in my opinion) one of the best electro song ever invented!!! The atmosphere seems to mix soundtrack music and eletro goth together…the chilling atmosphere even goes to a sort of trip hop metal…it’s incredible!!! Before  this track, “Release me” is another experimental song…full of contamination…amazing..awesome…ORIGINAL!!!
The bonus track “Allein” is characterized by interesting male part near to growl made with Heli Reissenweber of Rammstein's cover band Stahlzeit; …the song perfectly and successfully mixes Rammstein, Gothminister and Nemesea!!!
I’m very delighted by this album….
It’s a treasure…

10/10

20.12.11 DE - Ingolstadt / Saturn Arena

21.12.11 DE - Braunschweig / Stadthalle

22.12.11 DE - Regensburg / Donau-Arena

26.12.11 DE - Cottbus / Messe

27.12.11 DE - Kassel / Stadthalle

28.12.11 DE - Kaufbeuren / All-Karthalle

29.12.11 DE - Karlsruhe / Europahalle

written  by Salvo Russo 

Salvo Russo is editor for gryphonmetal.ch since 2001.

He is based in Italy, reachable at this e-mail address nightofdreams@hotmail.it.  More in Team

29.11.2011

 SWISS  UNDERGROUND 

DESTROYER NIGHT 1

The Haverbrook Desaster (DE), Darrow (CH),
Novel of Sin (IT), Sweet Massacre (CH)
 Youth- und Culture Center Tramstation, Münchenstein,  Switzerland – October 28th  2011

Alter Bridge (US)

Black Stone Cherry (US)

World Tour III

Town Hall, Bülach  Switzerland, October 21st,  2011

Pretty Maids (DK)

Official DVD Recording

Z-7, Pratteln, Switzerland – October 01st 2011

MEH SUFF! METAL-FESTIVAL 2011 

with

GORGOROTH - MARDUK - LEGION OF THE DAMNED 

 VOMITORY a.o.

09-10 September 2011

Hüttikon (CH)

SWISS  UNDERGROUND

Scarred by Beauty (DK), The War We Lost (CH), Erupdead (CH)

PurplePark Gundeli, Basel, Switzerland – August 18 2011

SUMMER  CAMPAIGN  2011 at Dynamo in  Zürich 18.06.2011 

VADER, KRISIUN,  ESSENCE,  DARKMOON

SWISS  UNDERGROUND

PIGSKIN , COILCRY 

WAR WE LOST , WHAT THE HELL  

Rock City, Uster - 04.06.2011  

SWISS  UNDERGROUND

EXCENTRIC (CH)  

Record Release Party 

“White Knuckle Ride”

Red Rocks, Basel - 01.06.2011

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