Benea Reach - Alleviat

\r\nYoung guys, which at first they seem to go with what at these days seems to be not only just another trend but a whole genre of its own, as another sub-category of the modern metal scene.. With what would I have to do this time? The beautiful, in a strange way, with this genre is that everyone seems to be against it but it keeps growing up.. The fans of classic hard rock/metal would characterize the sound as too mainstream, while the new metal fans that came into this community via the TV-metal would think this is too extreme, too hard for them.. These Norwegian guys though, like many other similar bands could earn their time in the playlists of both sides.. “Alleviat” is a worthy try, for sure not sounding bad, but –and this is for sure too!- it can’t place its creators in an one-of-a-kind place.. The ideas of using female vocals, the addition of loop-based themes can lead only to good criticism, but there is the thought that this work as a unity lacks of the elements that would make the listener –at least it made me- think that he discovered the masterpiece of 2008! Having the CD play for several continuous times, I had the feeling that I was listening to alternates of the same song, and even if by the first approach, it is clear that there had been a great effort in order to avoid this, after several listenings it’s kind of hard to remember a theme, a melody that stood out.. And no matter how “hard” this sound is supposed to be, at the end of all it is music we are talking about, the melody, this specific mind-catching melody line is the one that makes a song more interesting than the competition.. I m pretty sure they got it, maybe in their next shot they will manage to sound more mature, until then give “Alleviat” some of your time, it’s not bad yet it’s not a masterpiece.. Have also in mind that “Benea Reach” both for this work as well as for their previous one have been nominated in their country’s music awards.. I don’t think they have the highest of standards up there in the North..\r\n

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