Here is a band that actually have talent... they definitely
proved it with their previous release !! Unfortunately I'm really
not satisfied with their new opus... songs are technically nice
and original but something is missing here... For some it may
be a weakness, for others a strong point but I personnaly think
that HeadLine's female vocalist is not helping in keeping integrity
in their style, but that's my personal opinion. This is at least
the case for this album, cause I thought she sounded great on
the previous one. So Voice Of Presence has the elements
of a very good album but somehow the entirety is not holding
together... perhaps due to the abusive use of keyboards and
effects ? The guitars riffs and solo are omnipresent and they're
very good, that's definitely this french band's strong point.
When I saw the album was containing a trilogy I said : "Cool
!! they've put their 3 best songs in a row and made a killer
trilogy" ... well nope, a little slow intro on accoustic
guitar for the first part and an outro (accoustic as well) that
adds nothing but waste of time on the album. In the end I'd
say it's an average album with 2 or 3 really nice songs like
Seven, which has nice lyrics about the number seven (of
course it's on track seven :) ) or Give Up Once but those
songs actually sounds more like the old album and they are the
kind of songs Headline should concentrate on writing (cause
if I had to put a quote on these 2 songs only, the album would
probably get a 80).
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