Dusk, The - Orghia

Advantages: Excellent debut CD
Disadvantages: NONE

...With his smooth, sexy, crooning-like vocals, Matt Dusk sounds like a young Frank Sinatra, with a touch of Steve Lawrence and a hint of Jerry Vale. He has the Sinatra timing, a pause or hesitation in just the right places, the soaring drama of Steve Lawrence, and the perfect diction that Jerry Vale is famous for. My favorite song on this CD is the remake of the Beatles song, "Please Please Me". To really appreciate the song you need to see the music video which can be found at Matt Dusk's official website. When you watch him singing, and he looks into the camera, you feel that he's singing directly to you. When he sings words like "love", his enunciation is so perfect, that the word turns into two syllables, "love-ah" adding an unrelentless sexiness to the song. "...come on, come on, oooo come on..." all very warm and masculine. "One... Read review

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Advantages: The female vocalist in some of the songs
Disadvantages: No songs seem to stand out

...This album starts of pretty typical CofF style, with the eerie sounding synth-type thing, closely followed by "Heaven Torn Asunder" which is nicely structured, with the usual pounding drums, and dynamic vocals. No song stands out as particularly bad on this album, but in reply to that, none of the tracks seem outstandingly brilliant. Sure, the guitar work, is technical and sounds pretty impressive, and the songs are well written, but they just don't seem to stand out from each other. This could be because the songs are all pretty long, and the tempo changes often, giving the impression of a different song starting. Saying that, I find "A Gothic Romance" a very impressive song. Also, the choirs in "Dusk And Her Embrace" are a really nice touch. Cradle of Filth defintely have found the formula for their songs, and they don't look like... Read review

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Advantages: very original style of death metal, Dani's vocals
Disadvantages: no songs seem to stand out.

...(EDIT... I HAVE REALISED THAT I HAVE REVIEWED THE WRONG ALBUM.. I HAVE ACTUALLY REVIEWED "DUSK... AND HER EMBRACE" BY THE SAME BAND) This album starts of pretty typical CofF style, with the eerie sounding synth-type thing, closely followed by "Heaven Torn Asunder" which is nicely structured, with the usual pounding drums, and dynamic vocals. No song stands out as particularly bad on this album, but in reply to that, none of the tracks seem outstandingly brilliant. Sure, the guitar work, is technical and sounds pretty impressive, and the songs are well written, but they just don't seem to stand out from each other. This could be because the songs are all pretty long, and the tempo changes often, giving the impression of a different song starting. Saying that, I find "A Gothic Romance" a very impressive song. Also, the choirs in "Dusk... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful