Band:	Forever Slave
Album:	Tales For Bad Girls
Style:	Gothic metal
Release date:	January 01, 2008
A review by:	Jeff

01. Dickhead!
02. Say Good-Bye
03. GothiX Girls
04. Pulse
05. Kristin A.I.D.S.
06. Afterlife
07. Our Story
08. Mar, No Te vayas
09. The Lovers
10. Larmes Et Roses
11. My Girl (She Loves Her)
12. Gasoline

Am I dreaming or does Britney play Metal now? Ho no, wake me up guys! Damn it was just a dream a really bad one and actually it was not Britney who was singing here but Lady Angellyca a fetish/gothic model from Spain. "Tales For Bad Girls" is the second album of the combo and if their first release was not memorable but not so bad in the end and just a bit common, their new release "Tales For Bad Girls" is just terrible. I'm still wondering how such bands can find deals with labels? Well I have an idea maybe, just put a gothic girl in front of a Gothic Metal band and maybe that you'll have a deal easily?

I tried, I promise that I tried to listen to this album more than two times but it was simply impossible for me. I have absolutely nothing against Gothic Metal bands in general but "Tales For Bad Girls" is just one of the worst Gothic Metal releases that I have ever listened to! Full of clichés and with songs simple as hell, this release sounds like a joke. The melodies are dull, the riffs (even if some of them are ok) are simple and even if the lyrics could be good, they're finally too clichés too to be interesting. Worst the voice of Lady Angellyca is false from the beginning to the end of the album; she is just out of tune on all the songs. Sorry to say that but it seems that our lady is here only because she is a "model" and not because she is a good singer! And this is strange because she wasn't so bad on the first album of Forever Slave and this time she is terrible (let's hope that it was just a mistake but I doubt that it is the case). I'm still wondering how I managed to save my ears really, but except some correct guitar soli (thx Oswalth) there is nothing good in this release which is uncolored and empty. The mix of gothic music with industrial sounds is boring as hell, seriously it's just impossible to find a good song (even an average one!) on "Tales For Bad Girls".

This is not the good production, the correct artworks and the few good Metal riffs which will save "Tales For Bad Girls", this album is just a really bad and rotten copy of Evanescence and this is really sad. I was hoping to be wrong about this album but the last comments that I heard about the band performances during their tour with Kamelot was even naughtier than my review? Forever Slave will have to wake up as soon as possible and play better music (I'm sure that they can do it) to be respected because right now I'm not even sure that MTV would like to play their music?

"Tales For Bad Girls" is just a forgettable album? With all my respect to Lady Angellyca, she will have to work on her voice to become a good singer. I'm sorry for the other guys which aren't bad musicians but no I just cannot stand this release. Let's give a last chance to Forever Slave, if they can add real dark elements and not commercial stuff in their next album, maybe that it will be ok but I really hope that they will stop to surf on this trendy wave. Britney leave that body!