Silentrain-Wrong Way To Salvation-CD-FLAC-2008-mwnd

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Silentrain-Wrong Way to Salvation

Artist : Silentrain
Album : Wrong Way to Salvation
Label : Stay Heavy Records
Year : 2008
Genre : Heavy Metal Source : CDDA
Encoder : FLAC 1.2.1 Bitrate : 987kbps
Playtime : 42:23 min Size : 29759 MB

Tracks:

01 Until You Break 03:58
02 No More 04:32
03 Fear of the Unknown 03:26
04 Broken 03:46
05 Ride with the Devil 04:29
06 Eternity 03:27
07 Sick of… 03:08
08 Wrong Way to Salvation 04:11
09 Slayer 03:19
10 With Pain and Sorrow 03:00
11 The Road of Destiny 05:07

Notes:

Great album that covers many genres

From out of Finland comes an interesting metal band
called Silentrain. Previously known as The
Sanitarium when the band was formed back in 1999
they changed their name to Dunces before releasing
any material. As Dunces they released two
traditional heavy metal CD’s; Waiting For in 2001
and Kingdom Of Darkness in 2003. The second name
change to Silentrain was in 2008

In September of 2008 the band released their first
album since the name change entitled Wrong Way To
Salvation. Now what’s so interesting about this
band is their chameleon musical style. Silentrain
really cannot be put into any single genre as they
have adapted a style which ranges from gothic metal
to melodic metal and to power metal; and a few
others in between

It is not everyday that you come across a metal band
with such a vast array of styles and they play each
style as good as any other. Eliminating the old
saying same old thing Silentrain captures your
interest; but more importantly keeps your interest
the whole way through. Trying to find similarities
from other bands was somewhat difficult but a few
times I could hear similarities ranging from
Brainstorm (with the melodic power metal songs) to
Charon (gothic metal songs)

The biggest factor throughout the CD is that every
track bar one is primarily guitar and keyboard
driven. The song-writing would suggest that the
vocals drums and bass are secondary elements after
the driving force of the guitars and keyboards
Vocalistguitarist Marko Kamarainen is a decent
singer who vocals are perfect for a gothic metal
band. Kamarainen has plenty of range and emotion;
but can also be a tad inconsistent with his strength
of delivery. As a guitarist he and Juha Lehtinen
are great. There are many chunky riffs melodic
hooks solos a touch of groove and even a tiny
smidgen of thrash within the album

During the slower gothic metal tracks the keyboards
and bass take center stage emphasizing the style
they are creating. Overall Wrong Way To Salvation
has a nice blend of double bass fast tracks whether
it be melodic metal or power metal to mid-paced
traditional metal tracks and the gothic sounding
slow to mid-paced tracks. Rounding off the CD is an
emotional keyboardacoustic ballad which really
completes what has been a smorgasbord of metal
genres

Although every track on Wrong Way To Salvation is
great and I’d love to plug them all; there are four
exceptionally great tracks worthy to be mentioned in
this review. They include No More Fear Of The
Unknown Wrong Way To Salvation and Until You Break
No More is the first of two gothic metal tracks and
one of the best tracks on the CD. With deep bass and
guitars Marko Kamarainen delivers a memorable
emotional performance on par with the beautiful
melodies coming from the keyboards. Fear Of The
Unknown is a melodic metal track with excellent
riffs throughout and a catchy chorus. Once again the
addition of the keyboards and heavy bass completes
this song

Wrong Way To Salvation is a mix of melodic metal
crossed with gothic metal. Starting out gentle and
somber the chunky guitar riffs soon take over and
the song takes off. Another top chorus ensures that
this track kicks ass. Finally the album opener
Until You Break starts things out with a bang. With
a fast tempo and sounding like melodic power metal
the fast guitars and bombastic drumming really makes
this track stand out

Overall I am quite impressed with the enormous
variety Silentrain has done musically on this
release; and it certainly makes for an entertaining
listening experience. Being a fan of all those
genres mentioned throughout this review I couldn’t
ask for anything more except for the fact that the
album only went for 42 minutes which is a tad short
for a full-length release. That being said Wrong
Way To Salvation is definitely recommended to any
melodic gothic and power metal fans

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