Band:	Grimind
Album:	Escaped From Life
Style:	Progressive metal
Website:	http://www.grimind.ch
Release date:	2004
A review by:	Jeff

01. Atmospheric Sensation (Intro)
02. Pain And Emotion
03. Silence Still Remains
04. Deliverance
05. Limbus
06. In Your Room [Depeche Mode cover]

Grimind is a young band from Switzerland. I must say it right now, the first time that I listened to this demo, I took a big kick in my ass, because of the quality of the songs on this cd. We will be clear, we have with this demo a little jewel of gothic music a la Paradise Lost and co?

"Escaped from life " is an excellent demo, really I receive a lot of demo but with such quality, that's not same? It's clear that the influences of the band come from the last albums of Paradise Lost, it's this kind of Gothic music that we have here, but however sometime we aren't not too far of Doom a la Katatonia too. This is dark music but however, very catchy with great melodies. All the songs of the albums are this kind of songs that you'll like to sing when you'll listen to the cd. Really they knew how to do something a music really personal but however catchy and easy of access if you like such music...
"Limbus" for example is a real killer, with good lyrics and of course with a good catchy melody and all that with a good production. In fact even if it's not perfect, the sound on this album is good. The cover of Depeche Mode "In Your Room" is a really good cover too, in the style of Grimind of course. Here again it show all the talent of the band.
In fact if you like "Symbol Of Life" if you like Gothic Metal with this special electronic touch in it I'm sure that you'll find this album very good. There is no doubt on this point?
Of course all is not perfect, for example, I think that we hear a bit too much the French accent on the first song but well this is just a very small problem which could be removed easily.
This is just a demo but I have the feeling that this guys could do something in the Metal scene if they can release a first album [and really they deserve it].

I recommend this demo to all the Fans of this kind of Gothic Metal. This is well done, and this album is more than promising for the band. Really I have the feeling that we will hear about Griming soon. They deserve to be know due to their really good music and because of the quality of this demo. A great demo, I recommend it to all the Metalheads [and to all the labels too ]