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Tuskasi.com Reviews 2010 Enthrope - Tomorrow's Dead Days (06/2010)

Enthrope - Tomorrow's Dead Days (06/2010)

PostDateIcon Sunday, 20 June 2010 13:52 | PDF Print E-mail
Reviews - 2010


On June 2nd 2010 Finnish newcomer Enthrope finally released its first album "Tomorrow's Dead Days". Considering the band's year of birth -2006- the word finally may be inappropriate, because the five guys from Helsinki show quite a straight career. But Enthrope's previous demos, especially "Silenced Earth" from 2008 made extremely hungry for more and proved that they really deserve a record deal. Supernova now realized the high potential and gave way for six new songs and place for three old ones ("Cloud Six", "End It All" and "Stars Of Nhagrad").

Due to the high quality demos -in both music and production- the expectations for the debut have also been high. Enthrope managed to live up to these expectations. They kept the level of the demo recordings, snapped the chance they got and added a huge amount of variability, strength and skill. "Cloud Six" is the perfect opener that immediately catches the listener with its power and masterful alternations between angry growls and rousing melodies. Exactly this concept continues through the rest of the album and allows you no pause, but without being exhausting.

Altogether "Tomorrow's Dead Days" sounds very heavy, but always rhythmical and is over and over riddled with melodic parts and variety in atmosphere and voice (including female guest vocals). Maybe vocalist Miika Partonen should more focus on his heavier growling performance, for his attempts to a more tender way of singing are still not good enough. They are not bad, but could be better and therefore one hardly would miss them. Guest vocalist Suvi Grym (Vanguard) however is an absolute enrichment and fits the overall concept like Cinderella in her lost shoe. She gives some additional spice and diversion to the album as a whole. On "The Desolate" it is simply amazing how well a high and fragile female voice and deep male growls simultaneously conspire together.

Enthrope definitely did a great job in all respects. It is a delight listening to "Tomorrow’s Dead Days", it just grabs you where you are and takes you along to reveal its very own insides while showing no insecurity at all. This album is very strong and confident, which is to be highly appreciated for a debut.

 

8 / 10

 

Claudia Schwarz – 20.06.2010







 

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