Description
Beseech’s “Souls Highway” is a well crafted, catchy goth/pop metal album which would certainly turn heads if it was given a decent amount of exposure. Certainly not consisting of the most original formula, clean/rough male vocals, touching female vocals, guitar, keyboard and the typical rhythm instruments. Lacuna Coil anyone? The thing is these guys manage to pull it off and sound completely different. Incredibly catchy and easy to digest, not quite as heavy and I would say much more polished effort than anyone has managed to produce in this genre. Although the male and female vocals are typically shared, what really stands out is how Erik, the male vocalist has just as many memorable vocal passages(Between The Lines) as the passionate female vocalist Lotta Hoglin. Does an excellent job of alternating rough yet also polished Peter Steele-esque vocals with more of a singing approach. A force to be reckoned with in a dual vocalist band? What has this world come to! Lotta’s vocals are very well done as well but in the female spectrum not anything particularly earth shattering. Very fitting and quite unique style in her own sense though. The sound is an excellent blend of electric guitars(distorted very well recorded), acoustics and occasional flourishes of keyboards all produced crystal clear. Not the heaviest sounding band but that was never Beseech’s intention. They have produced some of the most memorable songs in their genre that can easily give Lacuna Coil a run for their money. If you can get past the instant accessibility, lack of heaviness and simplicity in the music it is truly an excellent record. Each song is essentially unique and very well constructed with great hooks without sounding generic like your radio friendly dime a dozen flavour of the week bands. Currently one of my favorite albums and only gets better every listen. No skip tracks. Highly recommended for anyone into the female fronted rock/metal scene.
Track list:
1. Illusionate
2. Between The Lines
3. Souls Highway
4. Blinded
5. Endless Waters
6. Fiction City
7. Sunset 28
8. A Last Farewell
9. A Season In Green
10. Beyond The Skies