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Reviewed
by: Darklight
As
soon as the first track "Strange Rain" began, I was hooked. The
guitar riffs, bass lines and drum beats just grabbed my attention instantly.
Then the beautiful vocals of J Kovach (aka Winter Jaye) came in and
completed the package. This is a great opening track to give the listener
an idea of where this CD is going to take them. Murder Of Crows
is a four member dark goth rock band that create their music with guitar,
bass and drums. What gives this band their edge is that they're extremely
talented musicians. David Kizzia (aka The Deuce) is an amazing guitar
player that dishes out thrashiness and melodic acoustic strumming just
as well. He's easily one of the best guitar players I've heard before.
James Murray plays bass guitar superbly as well giving a haunting feeling
to the music. Genevieve Williams is a fantastic drummer that creates
solid hard and heavy beats that give the music its driving edge. And
J Kovach has a mesmerizing voice that sings with beauty, passion and
raw emotion. Each of these musicians bring their abilities to the table
on the songs delivered here giving them a quality not found too often.
Not only does each song sound diverse, the songs themselves contain
a lot of changes within them. Various moods and emotions are included
in each of the nine tracks here. Overall, this is dark gothic rock music
with a doom and gloom feel energized by great vocals, guitar, bass and
drums. If you like goth rock music with female vocals, you owe it to
yourself to pick up this CD.
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Reviewed
by: Darklight
This
is a traditional goth rock band that creates their music with guitar,
bass and drums. No electronics, synths, or sampling here. These musicians
create very tight and structured songs. The guitar work here is especially
good. The mixture of electric and acoustic guitars really add variety
and changing emotion to the music. The female vocals are also very impressive.
There's a lot of range to her voice and she can carry a tune wonderfully.
Her voice is a bit on the deep side, but still manages to fit in perfectly
with the music. This is not darkwave music. These songs do rock. Some
heavier than others, but nothing will put you to sleep. While the four
songs on this EP are all good, they don't sound a lot different from
each other. Also, the lack of any electronics or synths make the songs
seem like they're missing that extra something to give them more of
a creative edge. There just isn't really anything new delivered here.
But those looking for a good quality and solid straight forward goth
rock band should enjoy what this EP has to offer.
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