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| | April Rain | | | Music Artist : | | Delain | | Music Style : | | Goth | | Record Label : | | Sensory Records | | Release Date : | | 2009-06-30 | | Store Price : | | $17.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $15.49 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. April Rain
2. Stay Forever
3. Invidia
4. Control the Storm
5. On the Other Side
6. Virtue and Vice
7. Go Away
8. Start Swimming
9. Lost
10. I'll Reach You
11. Nothing Left
12. Come Closer [*]
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Symphonic Metalcore
Submitted on: 2009-10-22 |
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Before I start this review, let me make one thing clear: I love this album. It is so much fun to listen to.
Now, the first I heard of this band was when I heard they were founded by the former keyboardist of Within Temptation. Then I heard this album had Marco Hietala doing some guest vocals on a couple songs. After hearing these things, I was greatly intrigued. After buying the album and listening to them for a good month or so now, I can pretty safely say that they're not really like either band. I'd more closely equate them to a darker version of Visions of Atlantis or Edenbridge, although they still have a unique enough sound to be distiguishable from all the other Symphonic Metal bands.
That's probably because they seem to place more emphasis on the "Metal" part of that label than most other bands of the genre. The vocals are your standard-fare alto female combined with various male vocal parts, both growled and sung. They are much heavier than most Symphonic Metal bands and are not shy with the breakdowns (hence the title of this review), and when combined with the epic choir/strings played on the keyboards, it all combines to create some really powerful music. The breakdown in "Go Away" especially lends itself to this point; I could listen to that one part over and over for a long time.
Which brings me to my first complaint with the band. It's more of my own personal preference, but I would love it if these songs were longer. I've been inundated with Nightwish and Epica, which makes me really used to an average of six or seven minutes per song. Delain only has one that's over five minutes, and it's the slowest one (not that that's a problem). Again, probably my own preference, but I think they'd do a lot better if they could lengthen some of their songs.
My main problem with the music, though, is that it seems to lack maturity or range. Delain seems content with bringing you the adrenaline rush more commonly associated with the heavier sub-genres of metal, without looking to evoke a wider range of emotions. Say what you will about Nightwish's Dark Passion Play, but you can't really deny that it can take you from tension and suspense, to anger, to sadness, and ultimately to triumph. Delain just doesn't do that. They almost perfectly mix heavier metal stylings with symphonic elements to create amazingly powerful music, but it lacks the depth of most Symphonic Metal.
That said though, this is still some really great music and is absolutely worth the purchase. |
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Nightwish's Heir - Apparent
Submitted on: 2009-10-02 |
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Delain is simply an amazing band. Charlotte Wessels' voice is clear, refreshing and a pleasure to listen to. She never seems to strugle with the music. The tunes that feature Nightwish's Marco Hietala are especially good and his influence on the riffs are unmistakable. Some reviewers have noted that some of the tunes sound more pop and prog. I agree, but it doesn't take away from my overall enjoyment of this album. After all, I love Nightwish but I don't care for every song on their albums either.
My favorite bands are Nightwish End of an Era, Within Temptation Black Symphony (CD/DVD), Lacuna Coil Comalies and Leaves' Eyes Leaves' Eyes - We Came With the Northern Winds - En Saga I Belgia (2DVD / 2CD). I just added Delain to that list! I can't wait till they tour the US.
PS. Another band new on the scene that is definity worth checking out is Memoira. Memoira |
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New Delain album
Submitted on: 2009-09-27 |
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| I liked this one, but I think I preferred the first one. April Rain is a bit less heavy, with a lot more of Charlotte's vocals. I would have liked to hear more male vocals along with Charlotte, as there were on Lucidity. Overall, this is definitely a good album. |
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 Delain - April Rain
Submitted on: 2009-09-15 |
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| This is pop music masquerading as symphonic metal. Many songs such as the opener will start out with a crunching heavy metal riff and then transition into a straight up pop song with a verse/chorus/verse structure and an occasional breakdown. The drums are annoying and I suspect an electronic kit was used. It is hard to tell if the vocalist has true talent because there are so many layers of singing at all times. Overall, the CD sounds overproduced. Listeners new to the genre should check out Nightwish or After Forever before moving on to Delain. The highlight of the album is the guest appearance of Marco Hietala (Nightwish, Tarot)with vocals on 2 songs. |
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 Disappointed
Submitted on: 2009-09-10 |
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Delain was my first forray into symphonic metal, or what ever you want to call the genre. I don't even remember how I stumbled onto them except I do know it was an accident. I'm an old timer and a hard rock fan from way back. I heard Delain and thought WOW! Who are these guys? Of course I promptly looked them up on amazon and bought the cd. I quickly discovered all the bands doing this type of music ie. Nightwish, Within Temptation, The Gathering and many more and my pocketbook has taken a big hit as I've gotten more and more of this sort of music.
I have been anticipating this new cd from Delain for a long time. Strangely though, I find myself disappointed. Why? I'm not really sure. The songs are nice enough. The singing is fine. The band is tight. It just doesn't seem to have the bite that Lucidity did. Maybe it's because I'm now more familiar with this great type of music and have heard the best of the best. Maybe I just expected too much. Maybe I expected some growth. I just don't know.
Don't get me wrong, it's a good cd and I'm sure it will get plenty of replays from me. I like it. Don't hesitate to get this cd as it is good. It's just not as good as I expected.
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