Fatal Smile - Beyond Reality 2000 (demo) | ||
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The band: ![[Image]](../../Images/fatalsmile.jpg)
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Label: demo CD Producer: Year: 2000 Total Playing Time: 13:03 m:s Review date: 07/02/2001 |
| Web site: www.listen.to/fatalsmile Email: yuksel.unutmaz@swipnet.se | ||
| Rating: 79 % | ||
| Verdict: dark melodic hard rock | ||
| Fatal Smile were formed by guitarist Yuksel Unutmaz almost 6 years ago. The other members of the current lineup are H.B. Anderson (ex-Scudiero) on vocals, Markus Johansson on bass and Rickard Johansson on drums.
The band play dark melodic metal that has it's roots in hard rock. The result is a style of music that despite being of the heavier variety has also got a sense of melody running through it and the vocals are an important element of the overall sound. The opening track, "The Saviour", crunches in on top of you and the listener quickly gets an idea of where Fatal Smile are coming from. The title track improves upon the opener. It is again a riff-laden assault, but tempo changes and quieter moments and an arabesque solo section all add to the dynamics of the the tune. The pace picks up for "Love Has Mysterious Ways" and the band veer towards hard rock instead of metal this time. Fatal Smile play a style of music that maybe fits in between two camps - hard rock and metal. I just hope that in doing so they don't fall in between two set of fans. They are too good to be ignored. I'm sure a record deal can't be that far away. Indeed, they may well have been signed in the long gap between my receiving the demo and this review going online. | ||
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