Search - Ever Eve :: Stormbirds

Goth/Metal, wonderfully rendered from a German band

Betsy Koenigsberg | Seattle, WA USA | 01/01/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album is hauntingly beautiful! The guitars provide plenty of grinding crunch, reminicient of "Black" album Metallica. The vocals, which are a combination of sing/speak, reminded me of En Esch (KMFDM) on some of their softer tracks. However, when the vocals take off, imagine a Bon Scott (AC/DC)/Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) screaming-shrieking hybrid! The majority of the songs are sung/spoke in English, shadowed with a German accent. Two of the songs are rendered in German and one of the songs is a poem spoken in French. Their sound is full and lush with the addition of orchestral backgrounds and classical piano additions. This is a truly wonderful album and it deserves a listen by anyone into Metal or Goth/Metal music. The last track, Valse Bizarre was a real surprise. The music seems to place you on a Carosel and spins you faster and faster. Then, you have about 3 minutes of dead air until it finally resumes again, in a much more restrained tone!"

Paradise lost jamming with amorphis and in ruins

king beagley | warsaw, in usa | 08/24/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"ever eve sounds like paradise lost in a session with amorphis, in ruins, and crematory. their sound has a beauty to it, while at the same time it kicks you in the rear end."