Style: Gothic (Mixed, Female vocals)
Review by: Dylan
Country: Poland
Release date: 24-12-2018
NOTE: This album was originally included in the December 2018 issue of The Progressive Subway
Out of the many bands I’ve listened in my entire life, this has got to be the hardest to classify. Nonamen have a kind of melancholic sound, with mixed vocals, occasional blast beats, Melodeath riffing, and violins. How the hell do you put that into a genre?
Simply put, this sounds as if Opeth‘s heavy sections mixed with My Dying Bride‘s sadboiness and Nightwish‘s violins. It’s a very odd mix, that surprisingly, doesn’t suck! I mean don’t get me wrong it’s not like it’ll blow your mind or anything, but it’s good a couple great tunes and some cool ideas.
The highlight for me were the vocals. Layers are used excessively and effectively. The harsh vocals sound like a possessed woman, and the cleans add another layer of melancholy. Another thing to compliment is that the band pulls off this “eerie” mixing so many bands go for pretty damn well.
The main issue here is the lack of consistency. You’ve got a slow opener, which isn’t bad, but takes up way too much time for a 35 min album, a 1min interlude, two great 5/6minute tracks, another interlude, a 10 minute song which really doesn’t justify it’s length, and a closer similar to the opener, but with a heavy climax, which is nice, but not as good as the actual great songs here.
With that in mind, I’d recommend you give this a shot without many expectations. Tracks 3 and 4 show the potential this band has, and I’d certainly keep an eye on them for a sophomore album that fixes the issues present here.
Recommended tracks: The Storm, Eye of the Storm
Recommended for fans of: Uhmmmm…
Final verdict: 6/10
Related links: Bandcamp | Spotify | Official Website | Facebook | Metal-Archives page
Label: Independent
Nonamen is:
– Macien Dunin-Borkowski (Guitars, Drum Programming)
– Grzegorz Janiga (Bass)
– Edyta Szkolut (Vocals)
– Marta Rychlik (Violin)
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