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Wow, a band with
clean vocals! Well, I am sorry to be surprised but to tell you the truth I
have almost solely been listening to growling death or screechy black vox
lately. It feels a bit strange hearing a normal voice again. Oversoul is a
heavy metal band from Oklahoma in the land of opportunities (and death
penalties, KKK, poverty...). The kind of music they are playing is very
melodic but still heavy metal and also somewhat doomy. Considering the fact
that the band consists of only two members (Dennis Cornelius & Patric Barrett)
I must say that I´m quite impressed with what they have accomplished with this
album. The most prominent strength of the band is the interaction between the
emotional guitar melodies and strong vocal lines. Cornelius does not have the
best voice in the metal world but he is using it in a way that makes up for
the imperfection, especially in the opening track "Games". Overall this
album gives a nice first impression but it has a few drawbacks as well.
Sometimes the music tends to be a little boring with slow heavy rhythms in
order to serve as background for the vocals. Conlusion being that I think this
band needs a final touch from one or two additional members. The production
I´m not that happy with either since I don´t like this kind of muffled sound
although I don´t know how it would sound if done differently. However, this is
a good release full of warm, embracing but still heavy metal that would suite
the taste of most metal fans I think. The album was recorded at Hai-Tex
Studios in Dallas, Texas, in November 1999. It was produced by Mike Trujillo,
John Perez and the band.
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Games 2. Bee Sting 3. Forgive Me 4. Matters Of The |
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Soul 5. Inner Dilemma 6. Sphere Of Unhappiness i. |
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Withdrawing From The World ii. Fathernature iii. Feel |
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iv. Sphere |
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