Band:	UnSun
Album:	Clinic For Dolls
Style:	Gothic metal
Release date:	October 11, 2010
A review by:	Doc G.

01. The Lost Way
02. Clinic For Dolls
03. Time
04. Mockers
05. Not Enough
06. The Last Tear
07. Home
08. I Ceased
09. A Single Touch
10. Why

Before reading any further - people, please remember to keep your brains inside your skulls and please remember a little word called "perspective". UnSun is a really melodic, accessible, and somewhat poppy sounding band. If you're expecting to hear a Gorguts tribute album while listening to an album called Clinic For Dolls, then there is seriously something wrong with you. With that said, let's move on, shall we?

UnSun play a pretty straight forward keyboard drenched, female fronted form of melodic metal. I suppose some would consider UnSun "gothic metal", but a title such as that would give off the wrong impression for an album like this, as gothic generally implies that there is some sort of dark atmosphere somewhere. Despite lyrical content which carries more of a darker emotional tone to it, the overall feeling of the album is fairly bright, what with its soaring guitar & vocal leads and epic keyboards that dominate the album.

So what about quality? With an album like this it's difficult to say, it brings us back to perspective. It's poppy, soft, catchy and about as melodic as it gets. There is some solid heavy riffing throughout the album (the guitar solo in "I Ceased" being one of the strongest points), but this band doesn't seem to have any delusions as to their targeted fan base; in other words, they're clearly not trying to be the next Slayer. That being said, the heavier moments are great, songs like "Time" and "Why" have a fantastic contrast of melody versus aggression, unfortunately these moments tend to be a little too few and far between to give the album an overall heavy feel to it.

Obviously not an album for extreme metal fans, but definitely worth checking out if melody is what you value most in your metal. You know, the whole Nightwish type appeal.