Poisonblack
Lyijy
Warner Music Finland
2013
What started out as Ville’s side-project turned out to be his full-time and beloved band through the years. The Sentenced’s disband played a major role on that. Don’t fail to recall that Poisonblack’s debut came in 2003… a year after the classic Sentenced “The Cold White Light”! I still think that this album (“Escapexstacy”) is Posionblack’s finest moment to date. It also featured the great J.P. Leppäluoto (ex-Charon, Harmaja, Northern Kings) on vocals.
Back to 2013… and “Lyijy” showcases all those elements that have made the band what it is over the years. Gothic metal, hard rock & roll & hard & heavy music is what Poisonblack is all about. Probably the album is more uplifting since the majority of the tracks are up-tempo and not so dark or cold as Sentenced used to be. Ville seems to be in a good shape. I really missed his Sentenced music days, too bad the band doesn’t exist anymore. The production is freakin’ powerful & punchy. Jonas Olsson (The Ocean, Callisto, Elin Blom, Automatic Eye, Deep Insight, Superscar, etc.) has delivered another great production.
Whereas “Lyijy” is a decent album, it’s somehow inadequate. You see there’s nothing new here and nothing that hasn’t been done (even by the same band) better in the past. It’s a fine album to listen to any time of the day but it leaves a great deal to be desired after a while. Nonetheless, there are pleasurable tracks on “Lyijy” like: “Maybe Life is Not for Everyone”, “The Halfway Bar” (Sentenced’s ghost is alive!) & “Them Walls” & “Elämän Kevät” (which means “The Spring of Life”)…
Back to 2013… and “Lyijy” showcases all those elements that have made the band what it is over the years. Gothic metal, hard rock & roll & hard & heavy music is what Poisonblack is all about. Probably the album is more uplifting since the majority of the tracks are up-tempo and not so dark or cold as Sentenced used to be. Ville seems to be in a good shape. I really missed his Sentenced music days, too bad the band doesn’t exist anymore. The production is freakin’ powerful & punchy. Jonas Olsson (The Ocean, Callisto, Elin Blom, Automatic Eye, Deep Insight, Superscar, etc.) has delivered another great production.
Whereas “Lyijy” is a decent album, it’s somehow inadequate. You see there’s nothing new here and nothing that hasn’t been done (even by the same band) better in the past. It’s a fine album to listen to any time of the day but it leaves a great deal to be desired after a while. Nonetheless, there are pleasurable tracks on “Lyijy” like: “Maybe Life is Not for Everyone”, “The Halfway Bar” (Sentenced’s ghost is alive!) & “Them Walls” & “Elämän Kevät” (which means “The Spring of Life”)…