| 10.01.2004 | ||||||
|  | ||||||
|  | 
 | 
 IN TOUR WITH HIM (Germany) - March-April 2004 Sven Friedrich - vocals programming Norman Selbig - guitars Manuel Senger - guitars - b-voc Michael Nepp - bass Marcellus Puhlemann- drums 
 | ||||
| 
 | ||||||
| ZERAPHINE:
        "Traumaworld"   zeraphine  /e-Wave-
        BMG produced by Thommy Hein - recorded engineered, mixed and mastered by Thommy Hein at Thommy Hein Tonstudios Berlin "The name derives from the Hebrew word 'seraph', which stands for a celestial being with six wings, two hands and a human voice" | ||||||
|  | ||||||
| review  by
        Salvo "Lovedeath" Russo____   | ||||||
| I
            have the pleasure to present you this band that will be the Him-support
            in the next Valo’s band tour !!! This cd is a
            fair Dark-Rock work, that is not supported by an excellent
            production…It’s a shame because I notice some good ideas that
            even if  they
            ‘re not very original, on the whole are supported by good
            creativity! The
            band reminds me of other German Dark-Wave bands…Sometimes I notice
            Wolfsheim influences, but also De/Vision and, why not?....OOMPH! 
            !!They remind me of Oomph!, in particular listening to “Schreit
            dein Herz” that is sung in the mother tongue. The
            sadness and the melancholy are the elements of these songs, but in
            my opinion not all songs are up to the task, and moreover I
            underline that the production such as the arrangements are not at
            the top. There
            are valid ideas concerning the loops and the keyboard effects, but
            both the production and sometimes the melodic ideas don’t give a
            very good value to this cd!...Guitars gets a mediocre sound and the
            mixing work doesn’t bring to the light the good work of the
            rhythmic session. The
            good atmosphere is the mark of “Schreit
            dein Herz”  one of the best song, such as “Wonderland”,
            both supported by a very good melody! The
            sound is not made with electronic drums, and the electronic parts
            are only made by keyboard! The
            low voice of 
            Sven Friedrich is very similar to the other dark rock singers,
            but not for this reason it is a bad voice, on the contrary:  he
            ‘s able to sing in a good way; low tones and a very sad
            interpretation! But sometimes it’s impossible not to think that
            the band tries to imitate famous bands that in Germany have created
            a trend! There’s
            a Depeche Mode cover!!! “In your room”. It’s rearranged
            in a good way, in coherence with their style! “Stop Pretending”
            is not very far from Him melodies, but the song is absolutely
            mediocre!A good dark song is “Light your Stars” that is
            not very far from something listened from the latest Darkseed and
            Crematory albums...of course only concerning the melody, not the
            sound! One
            of the best song in my opinion is “ United and Lost” that
            gets a good pop-wave melody that reminds me of 80’s!!! Another
            good sad song is the last track “Wenn
            du gehst” that is full of melancholy and darkness!!!! On
            the whole I think that there are good ideas…but I hope to listen a
            better next album. Rating: 6.5/10 | ||||||
| zum
        Seitenanfang  top - inizio pagina 
 | ||||||
| © GryphonMetal.ch   2001-2005 | contacts (webimpressum) |