Artist: Subscribe
Title: Bookmarks
Genre: Heavy Metal / Progressive Metal
Release Date: 20th March 2011
Label: EMI
Album Review
SUBSCRIBE, one of Hungary’s biggest names in Heavy Metal that was formed in 1999, is back with ‘Bookmarks’. What differentiates them from the next door metal band is their style; or in order to be more accurate their diffusion of styles. In ‘Bookmarks’ the band moves with ease between, 70’s Progressive Rock, classic Heavy Metal, Death Metal, ballads, and they show a firm grasp of orchestrated melodies, and Jazz solos. The result is not a patchwork of styles but you get the feeling that the variations are organically intertwined in their music; that it is not a show off of artistry.
The opening ‘Griping Portentous’ is a classical inspired orchestration in order the ‘...Act II’ to start with a Death Metal tone then to move to Power Metal and Progressive Metal aspects in order the ‘...Act III’ to open with something that sounds like SUICIDAL TENDENCIES and to proceed to A PERFECT CIRCLE. If you have to pick another specific song that will show the almost schizophrenic variations of styles that would be ‘Gay Rodeo’ in which Metalcore and Jazz co-exist with soft Rock -almost Pop rock - characteristics and all that in the first 2 minutes (out of 6). SUBSCRIBE show effectively that the distance between madness and genius is shorter than expected.
Tracklist
01. Griping Portentous
02. Anxiety Found Shape In Contradictions – Act II. Delusion
03. Anxiety Found Shape In Contradictions – Act III. The Final Relief
04. Bitter Boundary
05. Books For The Dyslexic
06. Orchitis
07. Ringside Seat
08. Álomtégla
09. Miles Away
10. Between Heaven And Her
11. Gay Rodeo
Line-up
Csongor Bálint - Vocals, Guitars
Tilk Máté - Vocals
Reich Tamás - Guitar
Horváth Attila - Guitar
Anga-Kis Miklós - Bass
Rékasi Attila - Drums
Cséri Zoltán - piano, keyboards
Websites
https://www.facebook.com/subscribeband / http://www.subscribe.hu
Cover Picture
Rating
Music: 8
Sound: 8
Total: 8 / 10
Comments powered by CComment