R E V I E W
Seeds of Black Dawn
Year: 2012
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Krasta Records
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Krasta Records
Country: Switzerland
Line Up:
Line Up:
Angel - vocals
Tobi - guitars
Sam - guitars
A - bass
Andy - drums
Cover artwork by Gustave Dorè
Seeds of Black Dawn is the first full-length of Forsaken Legion, a Swiss band that engages in Black Metal with the approach and characteristics typical of the genre, without disdaining Death Metal-style tricks.
The Lugano band's proposal develops between dark atmospheres and themes that can be deduced from the titles of the seven tracks, for about 30 minutes of uncompromising metal: angry, decisive, but still varied in tempo changes and stylistic nuances.
The vocal parts are valid in technically managing the lines and the different shades proposed, despite a not always impactful and powerful imprint, it is in fact more suitable for interpreting the screaming Black Metal.
On a technical level, the entire work is ambitious and well thought out, studied in detail and in the changes of riffs, but in part, there are some critical issues often found in a debut album.
The drum parts seem not to be able to adequately support the guitars in the most daring situations, resulting, at times, relatively simple; the guitars tend to enter into exasperated technicalities, redundant in their succession, although they show an appreciable commitment, and the good ability of the musicians, it is to the detriment of the final result, sometimes affected and too ambitious.
In Seeds of Black Dawn, there is an admirable desire for expression, to the point of realizing an appreciable and valid album, but for now, the Forsaken Legion lacks a bit of cohesion within the band itself, certainly an additional dose of experience and above all the defined goal of working for a typical project and not to validate the single musician. In this regard, we remind you that the band was formed in 2012 and in the same year entered the studio to produce the first work ... daring yes, but perhaps too much ...
To be a debut album, the work of the Swiss band offers a lot and does it with the right intentions, it suffers from a recording that certainly undermines its merit, from a lack of dose of pure and "ignorant" malice, which can amplify the sonic impact but portends a positive future for a band that looks good and seems to have the right spirit to become a tangible reality.
CrFX
