{"id":791,"date":"2011-02-14T22:31:54","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T22:31:54","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-02-14T22:31:54","modified_gmt":"2011-02-14T22:31:54","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/?p=791","title":{"rendered":"Before the Dawn: Decade of Darkness EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cyclone Empire\/Sound Pollution<\/p>\n<p>Finska m\u00f6rka deppmetallarna BEFORE THE DAWN firar tio \u00e5r med denna MCD\/DVD. DVDn recenseras av tekniska orsaker inte h\u00e4r. CD-sp\u00e5ren \u00e4r tre helt nya l\u00e5tar, japanbonussp\u00e5ret \u201dPainless\u201d i tv\u00e5 versioner samt \u201dDeadsong\u201d i tv\u00e5 versioner. Tuomas Saukkonen &#038; Co siktar mot fans av AMORPHIS, DARK TRANQUILITY och PARADISE LOST. Hur bra k\u00e4nns detta inf\u00f6r bandets kommande andra decennium?<\/p>\n<p>Titell\u00e5ten \u00f6ppnar, gitarrspelet \u00e4r typiskt m\u00f6rkt och modernt, och Lars Eikinds klara s\u00e5ng sitter bra. Growlet sk\u00f6ter Tuomas sj\u00e4lv och \u201dbeauty &#038; the beast-temat\u201d lever kvar. Trots ett tjockt lager dysterhet s\u00e5 sv\u00e4nger det om \u00f6ppningssp\u00e5ret. Mitt ibland det omissk\u00e4nnerligt finska finns det behagligt growl en underliggande deppighet som startades av band som THE CURE och DEPECHE MODE. Det \u00e4r inte de influenser jag skulle ha gissat var med och formade m\u00f6rk metal p\u00e5 2010-talet om n\u00e5gon hade fr\u00e5gat 1985. I Sverige har de flesta band det tungt men hemma i Finland gicke denna skiva direkt in p\u00e5 singellistans f\u00f6rsta plats. Inte s\u00e5 konstigt heller med tanke p\u00e5 den goda finska musiksmaken och BEFORE THE DAWNS stil. \u201dInsomnia\u201d \u00e4r mjukt deppig, men behaglig. Den l\u00e5ten blir min st\u00f6rsta beh\u00e5llning p\u00e5 skivan. Bonusl\u00e5ten \u201dPainless\u201d \u00e4r ocks\u00e5 behaglig, kanske ett konstigt ordval till m\u00f6rk metall men det \u00e4r det b\u00e4st beskrivande adjektivet tycker jag. AMORPHIS ska nog h\u00e5lla ett \u00f6ga p\u00e5 sina landsm\u00e4n. Live l\u00e5ter de tyngre och avskalat, men alltf\u00f6r bra. Plattast p\u00e5 skivan \u00e4r den symfoniska varianten av \u201dDeadsong\u201d, som \u00e4r m\u00e4rkligt tunn och alls inte s\u00e4rskilt orkestral. Som helhet \u00e4r detta sk\u00f6n lyssning, id\u00e9erna finns och m\u00e5nga arr och genomf\u00f6randen \u00e4r riktigt bra. <\/p>\n<p>Track List<br \/>\nDecade of Darkness<br \/>\nEnd of Days<br \/>\nInsomnia<br \/>\nPainless<br \/>\nPainless (Live)<br \/>\nDeadsong (Live)<br \/>\nDeadsong (Symphonic Version)<\/p>\n<p>DVD (Live at Summer Breeze 2009)<br \/>\nUnbreakable<br \/>\nAway<br \/>\nFaithless<br \/>\nScar<br \/>\nDisappear<br \/>\nThe Black<br \/>\nDeadsong<\/p>\n<p>www.cyclone-empire.com www.beforethedawn.com <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyclone Empire\/Sound Pollution Finska m\u00f6rka deppmetallarna BEFORE THE DAWN firar tio \u00e5r med denna MCD\/DVD. DVDn recenseras av tekniska orsaker inte h\u00e4r. CD-sp\u00e5ren \u00e4r tre helt nya l\u00e5tar, japanbonussp\u00e5ret \u201dPainless\u201d i tv\u00e5 versioner samt \u201dDeadsong\u201d i tv\u00e5 versioner. Tuomas Saukkonen &#038; Co siktar mot fans av AMORPHIS, DARK TRANQUILITY och PARADISE LOST. Hur bra k\u00e4nns [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cd_reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}