Beyond the Veil – Tristania 
A prime example of why it is a bad idea to download or buy an album purely because you like one song from it.
Norwegian hair metal. With choirs, ladies with large breasts and death growls.
Great if you’re a teenager.
Not so impressive if you’re a respectable 40 something.
More from the Euro Metal band with it’s own choir. Only this album is before the choir.
Death growls, grunting and incoherent bollocks. Why do people like this stuff? Do they give themselves sore throats singing along? Or do they sound like they’re having some sort of fit when they’re singing to themselves?
Tosh.
Hipster friends are always telling me I should like Lamb. I usually retort with some predictable comment about enjoying dinners on a Sunday with mint sauce or kebabs from the chip shop on the way home.
This album was an attempt to “like” Lamb. I tried. I gave them a go. Really. When I mentioned that I had tried Lamb in the form of Between Darkness and Wonder, predictably the Hipster said “Yeah but it’s not their best album”.
Thing is, it never is.
