Sunday, February 20, 2011

LIFELOVER - SJUKDOM (2011)

genre : depressive black / rock
similar bands : Katatonia
origin : Sweden
strong spot : moody atmosphere
weak spot :production is plastic and ridiculous, mediocrity almost everywhere but the vocals

Lifelover belong in a quite famous label and thus receive a lot of publicity. But the truth is that 'Sjukdom' sounds like a demo from Katatonia, when the band wasn't technically competent enough and couldn't afford paying for a descent production. The drum machine (this is not a real drummer for sure) sounds 100% artificial and plastic and there are no drum breaks.There are also popping sounds from the mic, it seems that the band forgot to use a pop shield in the microphone. Totally childish. Now how can I judge the rest of the music? This is almost impossible, but at least I can say that Lifelover's music is full of average moody melodies and predictable song structures.

4 out of 10 goatheads 

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