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In the 80's the
record labels were spitting out heavy metal albums, in the early 90's it was
death metal and now the time has come for melancholic heavy rock / metal. Some
of these bands are great but most of them are unfortunately rather boring and
sterotypical. Thine ends up somewhere inbetween. Thine is a British band that
formed in 1996 and they have received praise from the British media. Greg
Whalen of Terrorizer apparently rated their debut EP 5 out of 5 and wrote that
"Thine are up there with Bal Sagoth & Solstice as the gods of the metal
underground". As you can understand the dear Mr. Whalen and Terrorizer are
rather Anglo-centric and to tell you the truth this band is far from as
exciting to the average listener as he wants them to be. Sometimes there is a
good old Katatonia vibe going on that I really enjoy but most of the time it
sounds rather flat with the same rolling heavy rhythms. The vocals are well
done but nothing more and does not lift the music any higher. I haven't heard
their first album "A Town Like This" but after listening to these twelve
songs that make up their sophomore effort I can't really say that I'm dying
to catch up on their history. Still, there are no flaws to be found either.
The production is perfect, the music is well executed but the problem is that
there is not much that separates this release from hundreds of others within
this genre. If you are into heavy melancholic rock music with melody you might
very well like it anyway. I'd prefer Lacuna Coil, Nattvind or Katatonia
though...
| Tracklist |
1. Best Kept Secret 2. Feel |
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3. In Therapy 4. Homewrecker Extraordinaire 5. Never |
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Learn 6. Contact Point 7. In Red Rooms 8. Last Better |
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Day 9. Deny Everything 10. The Bar 11. Running 12. |
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Bleaker Audio |
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