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Band
Beneath the Silence
Title
Phoenix
Type
LP/EP
Company
Independent
YOR
2018
Style
Hard Rock
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Driving rock influenced by Lacuna Coil
When Beneath the Silence first came on, I thought I had accidentally hit play on one of my Lacuna Coil albums. It's clear the band are heavily influenced by Coil and lead singer Mette Hessellund channels a bit of Cristina Scabbia in her vocal performance and delivery. Musically, you get some really good, driving hard rock with bits of metal thrown in here and there. The comparisons to Coil will be hard to avoid but the band really offers up some good quality music here that is very accessible and is easy to dive into. Keep an eye on this band going forward, I think they will have some success coming their way in the future.
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Phoenix 2018 Independent Greg Watson 1/11/2019 3.5
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