Some bands reach their prime in stylistic beauty once they start stepping outside of the
boundaries within their musical genre and bring in a confident degree of experimentation.
Evenfall, hailing from Italy, is probably the clearest example of this evolution, as the band
originally got together out of the ashes of the doom and death metal act Resurrecturis and
has been in a constant state of metamorphosis ever since. Evenfall”s debut record “Still In
The Grey Dying” was released in early 1999 and was heavily promoted all throughout Europe
on a 45-date support tour with Dimmu Borgi ...read more
Some bands reach their prime in stylistic beauty once they start stepping outside of the
boundaries within their musical genre and bring in a confident degree of experimentation.
Evenfall, hailing from Italy, is probably the clearest example of this evolution, as the band
originally got together out of the ashes of the doom and death metal act Resurrecturis and
has been in a constant state of metamorphosis ever since. Evenfall”s debut record “Still In
The Grey Dying” was released in early 1999 and was heavily promoted all throughout Europe
on a 45-date support tour with Dimmu Borgir and Dark Funeral. Whereas the first record by
the band was still portraying a rather bombastic and atmospheric mixture of melodic Black
Metal and some Gothic elements, it was obvious and predictable that the line-up of that time
was in disagreement about the future compositions and presentation for Evenfall. Several
member changes later, mastermind Ivan (Guitars) had managed to get together the right
set-up to finalise the recording process for their sophomore record, “Cumbersome”: Newly.
discovered female vocalist Roberta Staccuneddu deserves credit for the most remarkable
musical upgrade in Evenfall with her relaxed and angelic vocal delivery that always works in
refreshing contrast to Ansgar”s tortured delivery.
Stylistically, “Cumbersome” does feature a move towards a more modern direction with
versatile riffing and a more up-front incorporation of the keyboards as well as different loops
and sound effects. Produced, recorded and mixed by Boban Milunovic at “Boom Room
Studios”, the spectre of variety and emotions featured on these 10 songs (including a
metallic cover version of the hit single “Entre Dos Tierras” by Heroes Del Silencio with ex.
Psychotic Waltz vocalist Devon Graves a/k/a Buddy Lackey as guest singer) is enormous and
should easily appeal to fans of atmospheric Dark and Black Metal as well as to rather Gothic
Metal oriented listeners of bands like Sins Of Thy Beloved / Lacuna Coil or also to people into
the more electronic new shape of acts like Theatre Of Tragedy and The Kovenant.
