Before The Rain - Frail

I was expected it would be better.
But not so bad.

Written by BehzadSh on 03.06.2011 at 15:58

I was expected it would be better.
But not so bad.

but that was good enough and also catchy as hell!

Written by Saeed_p on 10.06.2011 at 16:33

Written by BehzadSh on 03.06.2011 at 15:58

I was expected it would be better.
But not so bad.

but that was good enough and also catchy as hell!

Yeah! More I listen, more enjoy of it

Huge disappointment for me the clean vocals were the only part that I enjoyed

I love this band !!!

A bit of a disappointment based on one listen. It veers off into too calm post-metal from time to time. I miss the aggression which was still present on the debut. This one is as if floating in a tranquil sea.

A bit of a disappointment based on one listen. It veers off into too calm post-metal from time to time. I miss the aggression which was still present on the debut. This one is as if floating in a tranquil sea.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 01.08.2011 at 16:37

A bit of a disappointment based on one listen. It veers off into too calm post-metal from time to time. I miss the aggression which was still present on the debut. This one is as if floating in a tranquil sea.

Heh, since I haven't heard their debut I can't compare and I want to say that I'm digging this album quite a bit. Love the tranquil moments.
Also love the fact that is long as hell but it feels like it's just 40 minutes long or something. The songs just pass by.

This will be a fun album to review

I do feel like we could have more growls on this one but I like the instrumental meandering that goes on.

Written by BloodTears on 01.08.2011 at 19:24

I do feel like we could have more growls on this one but I like the instrumental meandering that goes on.

I don't really feel like it needs more growls. I didn't really notice the lack of them since I liked his clean vocals, different from what I thought I was going to hear for this music.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 01.08.2011 at 19:32

Written by BloodTears on 01.08.2011 at 19:24

I do feel like we could have more growls on this one but I like the instrumental meandering that goes on.

I don't really feel like it needs more growls. I didn't really notice the lack of them since I liked his clean vocals, different from what I thought I was going to hear for this music.

Since I liked the growls when they came in, I kinda expected that more would come. But in the end, I really don't care because I generally like the songs.

What were you expecting? lol

Written by BloodTears on 01.08.2011 at 19:40

What were you expecting? lol

Some sort of whiny Aaron.

I Iike the art work, so I'm checking this out!

This got better with time, from a huge disappointment to 19 on my top of 2011 list

Written by InnerSelf on 18.12.2011 at 23:45
This got better with time, from a huge disappointment to 19 on my top of 2011 list

It snaked its way up my list in the same fashion. It wasn't even in the top 50 and now it's top 10.

Beautiful moments and soundscapes, though a bit long

Written by omjaimes on 05.02.2012 at 04:22

Beautiful moments and soundscapes, though a bit long

Good description of the album

All I can think of when I see this cover is The Shawshank Redemption, so that makes this kind of hard to pass up right now

Probably totally unrealated though

I only listen to the last 3 songs as they're a thousand times better than the first 3.

Love this album so much. Peaceful music.

Written by Maco on 28.08.2019 at 18:45
Love this album so much. Peaceful music.

Agreed. Those beautiful guitar melodies and tranquil atmospheric breaks do a great job at conveying a bittersweet feeling. The clean vocals add another layer of despair too, which isn't something I often compliment as the dual vocal style usually takes me out of whatever mood a band is going for.

Now that I think about it, this sounds like a more melodic and melancholic Erosion-era Process Of Guilt.

Great band, two great albums. Discovered by me only recently.
And I struggle saying which one I prefer.
At first I was sure it would be the debut. It is much darker, reminds of old-school Doom Death, Anathema at times.
But after several spins of both albums (10 times or more) the successor has grown on me quite a bit.
It is much calmer and not that easily accessible I would say. But it surely has its moments too, and several of them.
I would now probably put them both at around 7.7.
The main reason I have cut my rating by at least .5 points is the fact that both albums are clearly more than a tad too long imo. Had they cut some minutes out of almost any song both albums would probably be a solid 9 in my books.
Anyway, very enjoyable stuff nonetheless, and still growing on me while being spun.
Thanks again to Maco for pointing me to this.

I have come back to their two brilliant albums after almost a year. And now I have found out that I like the debut slightly more than their second album.
While on the debut the length of songs is still kind of justified -- with the possbile exception of the title track, which drags a bit towards the end --, on the second album it is really all songs that are too long for their own good overall. Take for instance Shards, which is already not that interesting anyway, its length doesnt help.
That said, as on the debut, Frail is full of wonderful moments, of course, and one of the few attempts with a slight note of post metal that actually works for me.