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Em Sinfonia - Intimate Portrait

Alright but yet another terrible singer! - 69%

grimdoom, March 29th, 2008

While not as good as their first effort, this is still a pretty good album, assuming of course that you can get past Bunnies so called vocals.

This is an original take on Doomdeath and its very well done. The production is alright but the song writing is excellent. The guitars are bright, creative, heavy and technical. The bass doesn't do anything overly noteworthy but the keyboards do. They add a decent amount of atmosphere when used. The drums are a little more than standard for the style.

The male vocals are more of the cookie monster variety but they work. The female vocals on the other hand are pretty bad. If you listen to this cd enough they will grow on you, to a point anyway.

Bunny would be better suited to sing pop or perhaps even rock, but not Doomdeath Metal. Her attempt at trying to fill the shoes of the Opera singer from the last record with her pedestrian take on singing takes a lot away from the music. Her only saving grave is that she is hot.

With this in mind, the music is overall dark and complicated. The ideas expressed are well thought out and mature. (Plus the cover of Iron Maidens 'Revelations' is pretty cool too). This is a recomended cd for those who are into the Doom scene.