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God's Silence Devil's Temptation (CD)
Elis are essentially a gothic metal outfit with a female vocalist. Now these days that's hardly revolutionary, and a lot of you probably just rolled your eyes and moved the mouse to the 'back' button, but I would urge you not to do that. Sure, this is in the same basic school of music as Flowing Tears, Lacuna Coil and After Forever, but I want to point out that Elis are not a copycat band, and they are every bit as good as any of those bands I just mentioned. Bad gothic metal bands pile on the synth effects and rely on insufferably slow songwriting with a lot of self-pity trying to cover a lack of hooks. Elis don't do any of that. What you get are eleven mostly midpaced and very well-written songs highlighted by some excellent heavy riffing and some very fine piano work. The whole is held together and elevated by the superlative vocals of chanteuse Sabine Dunser. She has an operatic voice, but doesn't use it exclusively, instead she concentrates on composing solid and memorable vocal lines that will stick in your head after just one spin. In her lower registers she has a very smooth and soulful voice, and it shows off what a pro she obviously is that she can rein in the urge to just power it out and serve the dynamics of the songs. This is a very solid CD, and there are no weak tracks or ones you want to skip. "For Such A Long Time" opens things up just right, and is followed by another standout "Where You Belong". There are three songs here sung in German, but even the fact that I can't understand them doesn't lessen their appeal. You get two title tracks, as the song "God's Silence" is followed by the equally enthralling "Devil's Temptation". "My Only Love" is another tune you will be humming later. And I have to single out "Come To Me" as the best song here. It starts with a delicate piano bit, then segues into the heavy riffs and all throughout are the hypnotic melodies of Sabine's lovely voice. A spellbinding song that I cannot get out of my head. The CD package is really beautiful, with moody photography and excellent art design. All the lyrics are included, and they are worth reading. "Child" leaves me a bit cold with its socially conscious lyrics,
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Specifications
Type: CD
Recorded: 2003
Release Date: 2003-10-14
Label: Napalm
Country: US
Item No: NPLM232284.2
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Track List
01 Such a long time - 4:29
02 Where you belong - 4:04
03 Sie erfasst mein herz - 4:32
04 Do you believe - 4:11
05 Engel der nacht - 3:49
06 God's silence - 4:41
07 Devils' temptatioin - 4:47
08 Come to me - 4:26
09 My only love - 4:18
10 Child - 4:57
11 Abendlied - 3:22
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