Leiden - Empty review
| Band: | Leiden |
| Album: | Empty |
| Style: | Gothic metal, Electro industrial metal |
| Release date: | December 2003 |
01. Empty
02. A New Place
03. Les Maux
04. Entlarvt
05. Das Wort Vom Zur - Tieffe - Gehen
06. Spirale
07. Cry
08. Le Possédé
09. La Brèche
10. Gangrene
11. Vibration
I was actually interested in this band, I've read the reviews, heard some samples and I decided it was time to get this, one or another way I would get it, French-based Gothic-Doom-Nu Metal band "Leiden" (translated: suffering in German) was a high hope in my books. The deception was great.
If I could qualify this album it would be boring! And not because mostly is slow to mid-paced, I have great Doom bands that go at 1bpm and they're a pleasant experience, is because Leiden fails to create an appropriate atmosphere in their music, thus, becoming boring, very boring.
The band relies a lot on the use of keyboards and electronic influences, we have 2 kind of voices, an unconvincing growl, and female vocals, which are pretty good if you ask me, captivating and tantalizing, yet not aggressive.
They label themselves "Nu Dark", the influences are here, we have some Nu Metal and modern influences, Gothic and Doom Metal. The composition doesn't fit anything I've heard before, wonder if that's a bad thing or a good one.
One song really caught my attention in the whole album, this was "Les Maux" nice keyboard use, up-tempo moments and great duet, this is a good song indeed, but not enough to make the album worth buying.
Like all my bad reviews, I'll keep this short, this release is for all of you that MUST have each and every single release of female-fronted Gothic Metal, she sings really nice, he doesn't, and they can't make interesting songs. The result? Well, that's up to you, but I will burry this one under my pile of cobwebbed Cd's.
Rating:
9.0
9.0
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Rating: 9.0 |
'Empty' is the first real album of the French band Leiden, after the acclaimed EP 'L'Aube Spirituelle'. I can't wait to say that kind of album is bound to lead French metal on the road of recognition. Only a few bands in the world can pride themselves on having so much originality. I am amazed by the youth of this band: usually a band reaches this level of mastering after a long career. Here, Leiden, after only a few years of existence already have found their way, their own and original personnality. Sorry I'm repeating myself by the one word that comes to my mind while I'm listening to 'Empty' again and again is 'originality'. They label their music under the name 'nu dark', but in my opinion this is too simplistic. The complete way to describe their music and to fulfill my need for labelling would be alternative dark death goth metal. Read more ›› |
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