Lovebites - Awakening from Abyss (Review)

A short dress, a cute look and a hard image on stage - this combination always attracts attention. And if we add to this a very powerful first mini-album, then we will get an excellent image. Well, now we see full-length album.

My Rating: 89/100

And the first thing we see is interesting tracks location. In beginning there are compositions that are interesting from point of view of instrumental techniques. At the end there are compositions that are interesting from point of view of emotions. It seems that authors read my review for previous release - there I argued that last song creates a good aftertaste. Here all this is carefully thought out - even the listener's emotions are planned from beginning to end.

Therefore, first audition is most emotional. Instrumental parts can't be called very difficult, but first audition is fascinating. Nevertheless, we again see something very "Western". Even the song Bravehearted, which was originally in Japanese, is now in English. Eastern faces, but Western style. No, I don't want to say that they need to be second "Tengusakura". But interesting eastern shades are lost, and new problems are created. For example, when pronouncing letters "C", "W" and "L", the difference is noticeable. Yes, vocalist well hides this shortcoming, but good hearing can't be deceived.

We continue about vocalist. A beginner is noticeable here: she tries to portray a variety of vocal techniques, but it turns out monotony. No, it's good - musician knows about shortcomings and the way of development. Nevertheless, even now it turns out perfectly.

Instrumental parts are something incredible. First of all, this feeling is achieved due to very successful use of keyboard instrument. Gorgeous breakdown in The Apocalypse, general impressive structures in Shadowmaker and Bravehearted - all this would have been impossible without an excellent keyboards. Even frank quickie like Inspire and an unsuccessful Scream For Me with a keyboard instrument sounds very cool. But keyboards is not in all tracks. Where he does not exist, guitars continue to work there. Excellent sound of interesting guitar parts is also a positive thing. A wide variety of interesting riffs and crazy solos - it's only outwardly easy to describe all these wonderful drawings. Rhythm section works so well that it may even seem boring. This pair of bassist/drummer for two years was the basis of a very cool project Destrose. And now they once again confirm their high status. Yes, bassist parts could be more interesting. But performance is excellent.

I always try to guess how much a new musical project can exist. There is noticeable a large amount of work, a great contribution of forces and means. Usually such projects exist for 7-8 years - big expenses pay off very long. Yes, not everything always works out. Yes, we still need to pay attention to many factors. However, second powerful release and no reason to believe that this tale will end soon.