Beyond Visions
Your Face Is Familiar ()
Wydane przez Sliptrick RecordsRok wydania Kraj SwedenNapisał Flemming Gabin7
Beyond Visions describe themselves as a "crazy rockband from Stockholm, Sweden" and their bandpicture is about as dull as fucken dishwater. That doesn’t mean they aren’t fucken worthwhile, cos they most certainly are. Odin knows that a lot of female-fronted metal these days is nothing but absolutely fucken terrible. It also helps that their singer Rebecka sounds like the singer of Kosheen (who are more fucken metal than you. Fuck you!). Usually when an album is described as "emotional stories about life situations" I feel like fucken putting needles in my ears, or there’s the sudden urge to projectile vomit from multiple orifices. Just saying. Suprisingly this band is not from Italy. Yeah, fucken surprising considering what this album is about. This is usually the type of subject that a bunch of crying, effeminate men from Italy sing about. So yeah, somebody will probably end up calling this band "progressive" for whatever dumb reason, but it hardly is. Yeah, it’s mildly technical, if you are into that sort of fucken thing. In fact, this sounds just like Echoes Of Eternity - if they were any good. Yeah, Francine Boucher’s boobs are way bigger than this singer’s, but here the music is actually good. Yeah, at times music is actually more important than boobs. Who knew? Actually Beyond Visions is more metal too. Most of the time I forget Echoes Of Eternity is a metal band cos they are so fucken fluffy and cuddly. Not that I mind that. For fucken reals, that ‘Voices In A Dream’ video looks like a L’Oreal or lingerie commercial. Not that I fucken mind. I would love to fucken cuddle with miss Boucher, or with Rebecka from this band. But anyway, "Your Face Is Familiar" sounds familiar, looks familiar but is completely fucken worthwhile. It’s heavy, it’s groovy and a bit technical with easy digestible vocals that aren’t completely fucken overblown or overindulgent. It is still no match for old The Gathering and the likes, but you gotta fucken take what you can get. The odds of finding good female fronted metal are as slim as finding a good band on Sumerian Records. So yeah. It’s from Sweden, it’s completely fucken cheesy but Rebecka makes it worthwhile. It’s hardly the stuff of legend, but considering the underground consists of salivating apes, I’m surprised this is as decent as it is. So, go buy it now and support miss Rebecka.
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