Sinheresy
Paint the World
Bakerteam Records
2013
Sinheresy is a newcomer from Italy which took shape in 2009 and released its first EP, “The Spiders and the Butterfly”, in 2011. Following the operatic/symphonic metal school of acts such as Nightwish, Edenbridge, Within Temptation, Sirenia, Xandria, Epica and the like, they are now presenting their debut full-length album, hoping to get a place in the sun, among the above-mentioned bands. Add to their style a few gothic and prog-power metal touches and you’ll have a more complete picture of the band’s sound.
It’s true that the symphonic metal genre is overloaded especially in our time. You see female-fronted bands, which were somewhat “cult” once upon a time and they have now become an absolute trend. “The beauty & the beast” thing has been sold again and again and it has become overdone. Yeap, you guessed right, Sinheresy has also got a male singer who doesn’t growl for the sake of it… but his vocals are not very listenable at times. Having on mind that Sinheresy originally started out as a Nightwish cover band, it makes it way harder to get rid of the heavy influences they have from the specific band. Still they do not use the easy “copy-paste” formula, even though their songwriting is way too influenced by the “old & good” Nightwish.
Cecilia is a pretty lady with a very good voice, even though she not a lyric soprano like Tarja for instance. I would call her a mezzo-soprano to be more precise. The production is very powerful and full as the album was engineered by Riccardo “Paso” Pasini (Ephel Duat, Extrema) and mixed & mastered, by Johan Ornborg and Jens Bogren (Soilwork, Amon Amarth, Opeth, Paradise Lost) at Fascination Street Studios in Varberg, Sweden.
Sinheresy are trying hard to achieve something that’s not easy today since the competition is very high. There’s talent and room for them to evolve but they must make a bunch of changes to their music approach as well. Firstly, they need to reduce the male vocals and give more place to Cecilia… then they need to leave their Nightwish days behind… and come up with stronger & more memorable melodies… and the list goes on. “Paint the World” is not a bad album but not a good one too. It’s that “heard it all before” thing that you have on most of the symphonic band and ruins the final outcome by making it a bit tedious at long last.
It’s true that the symphonic metal genre is overloaded especially in our time. You see female-fronted bands, which were somewhat “cult” once upon a time and they have now become an absolute trend. “The beauty & the beast” thing has been sold again and again and it has become overdone. Yeap, you guessed right, Sinheresy has also got a male singer who doesn’t growl for the sake of it… but his vocals are not very listenable at times. Having on mind that Sinheresy originally started out as a Nightwish cover band, it makes it way harder to get rid of the heavy influences they have from the specific band. Still they do not use the easy “copy-paste” formula, even though their songwriting is way too influenced by the “old & good” Nightwish.
Cecilia is a pretty lady with a very good voice, even though she not a lyric soprano like Tarja for instance. I would call her a mezzo-soprano to be more precise. The production is very powerful and full as the album was engineered by Riccardo “Paso” Pasini (Ephel Duat, Extrema) and mixed & mastered, by Johan Ornborg and Jens Bogren (Soilwork, Amon Amarth, Opeth, Paradise Lost) at Fascination Street Studios in Varberg, Sweden.
Sinheresy are trying hard to achieve something that’s not easy today since the competition is very high. There’s talent and room for them to evolve but they must make a bunch of changes to their music approach as well. Firstly, they need to reduce the male vocals and give more place to Cecilia… then they need to leave their Nightwish days behind… and come up with stronger & more memorable melodies… and the list goes on. “Paint the World” is not a bad album but not a good one too. It’s that “heard it all before” thing that you have on most of the symphonic band and ruins the final outcome by making it a bit tedious at long last.