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Promising dark and melodic Hard Rock from the UK.-
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| Reason: Before the Dawn |
Hard Rock
self released
December 20th, 2010
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| Review Information |
Release length: 8:00
Review posted on May 10th, 2011
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| | Overall Score: 8.5/10 |
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| Discography |
Discography covers all information available up to day of review and is updated if future albums are reviewed. |
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Before the Dawn (2010)
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Before the Dawn is a melodic Hard Rock act that hails from the UK. The band formed in early 2009, and has been working hard ever since. At some point in their career, the band had issued a demo recording, though no real information was made available other then the tracks were issued on their Myspace page, and eventually the band recorded the song "Before the Dawn". While the band is working to ensure the songs they have come up with will be made available to the general public, this is still a group that not many people know about. But, if "Before the Dawn" is any clue of the strengths of this band and the rest of their material, it's safe to say that their name will become rather popular in the Hard Rock community when their material does start to surface outside their website.
As for their digital single, "Before the Dawn", the song is more for promotional use only at this point, but it makes for a great listen if you happen to track it down somewhere. There is a solid amount of melody to the music, aided strongly by the keyboard that really take hold of the music. The problem is the keyboards ultimately drown out the guitars that carry that echoing theatre Rock effect. The vocals are soft and subtle, and it works well with the strong keyboards to aid the whole melodic sense. The song lasts about eight minutes, and the band nicely makes use of this time, offering up a good amount of changes to the music that, at times, can feel almost like listening to a Progressive Rock track, especially it's more melancholic and reflective atmosphere mixed with energizing guitars that can be rather motivating.
There's nothing to really hurt the album other then the keyboards kind of drowning out the guitars at times. The bass is audible and sounds good, though doesn't really do much outside of follow along with the guitars. The drumming, however, becomes debatable. While this part is executed well, and the slight echo on some of the parts of the kit helps add to the rather dark vibe of the song, but the bass kicks seriously lack anything to them, coming off as a very low thud that is practically washes away in the final mix. There are times on the recording that the song also seems to have a digital skip to it, but it sounds more like an off snare that probably wasn't recorded right, as it's something that goes in rhythm with the music, typically in the same spots.
Despite some production flaws, the song is good. The rather melancholic vibe of the track mixed with a strong energetic guitar performance is enough to really spark the listener's motivation and interest in the group. The band doesn't try to go over the top with the music or the atmosphere, and seems to restrain themselves a bit for the song, but given the darker overtones of the recording, it's something you should expect in the end. But the song itself does feel grand and, in a sense, somewhat epic, like the type of song you want to see from an eighties during a live performance at a large amphitheater, giving off a sense of a stronger, heavier Europe or other stadium-esque bands. If you happen to have a spare moment, it's well worth checking out this band's website to hear more fromt he group, and brace yourself for a band that has plenty of promise.
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Digital review copy of this release provided by:
Rock 'n' Growl Promotions.
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