Rock3 Radio album review of ‘The Failing Light', September 2005
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[Rock3 Radio]
'The Failing light' the debut album from Season's End complete in a excellant package that opens up into something tangible with its three piece foldout cover and pullout lyric booklet, lovely! if only the album is as good I thought: my clammy hand shoved the CD into the machines dark slot and I noticed the read out telling me that four of the songs were approx eight minutes or longer, brill! time for some sweeping musical statements, I thought. The Opening song 'Touch' opens up with Dual Vocals from Becki and David singing about the spark thats gone but the love that remains, weaving through melodies and the freedom that they offer each other, playing for a full eight minutes the song had time to shape and build the emotions. The second track 'Ghost in my emotion' is another song of love and romance lost with some excellant riffs lanced through the melodies and creamy vocals. Song Three 'One Sadness' has the dual vocals of a relationship frozen in hurt and stuck in the rut of damaged pride while lamenting over there dying love, these are some prety powerful lyrics, but done well with emotion and true feeling, Goth metal at its true best and all done with atmospheric melodies woven with guitar and synths. This is a band that gets invited to do all the big shows around the country and they never disapoint putting on gigs of class and power, and that class shows throughout the album with well written songs and perfect execution this is more then a Metal Goth band, perhaps prog Goth would better describe the intricate sweeping melodies and intelligent use of keyboards and synths.
5 out of 5
Ken Collinson of Rock3 Radio
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