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REVIEW: Entwine - Time Of Despair Spinefarm Records, 2002
5/10
Entwine - Time Of Despair - cover art Soft, mellow, melancholic gothic rock, or metal if you say so. Entwine started out back in 1995 by playing death metal the American way but since they soon got bored with that sound they started experimenting and became what they are today. The band takes use of two vocalists, one clean wailing male that sounds like the Swedish pop / rock band Kent and one deep female one. The female vocals are without a doubt the only ones that sound any good but this band surely needs to work on their vocals a lot more if they want to impress on me. The music is pretty good at times but the problem with this album is that it never really takes off and it is only during some very short moments that you raise an eyebrow. Otherwise the music is pretty plain and simple with a slow, driving rhythm working its way throughout every song but perhaps that is what you enjoy if you are really into gothic rock with a metal touch. The first two tracks are nice to listen to but then it feels like nothing happens until you reach the end of the cd and everything turns silent. I pretty much lost interest in Moonspell after their "Wolfheart" album and perhaps that is why I don't enjoy the Entwine of today that much. This is a decent release but nothing more. Definitely not one of the stronger acts from Finland. The female vocalist looks very good though.

written by Vincent Eldefors

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Tracklist

1. Stream Of Life
2. The Pit

3. Nothing Left To Say
4. Safe In A Dream
5. Burden

6. Falling Apart
7. Until The End
8. Learn To Let Go

9. Time Of Despair

Playing time: 51.06

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