Search - Entwine :: Time of Despair

I'm a sucker for Euro-romantic-goth!

David Parker | burlington, vermont United States | 11/21/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"It seems that the mega-success of Finlands's H.I.M. has forced a lot of European metal bands to rethink their idea of success. Continue with the pummel-you-into-submission riffs mixed with growly death vocals, or start appealing to the female audience with softer, romantic, metal love songs, heavy on keyboards and atmospherics, and loaded with gothic tales of love, death and suicide. Thankfully, for many bands, the latter has been the way of choice, and this new one from Entwine (also from Finland) is one of the best I've heard. Very similar to H.I.M., but ultimately heavier, slightly darker, and often more complex. Like Paradise Lost, The Gathering, Tiamat, Lacuna Coil and Flowing Tears, yet another band very few in the States are ever gonna hear, instead being force-fed yet another Creed or rap-metal wanna-be. Too bad. I think of this genre as being a perfect combination of 80's power-pop-metal mixed with an equal dosage of Black Sabbath. How can you beat that??"

A gothic masterpiece.

Michael Jurek | Milwauke, WI USA | 12/22/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"First off I have to say that I have been meaning to do a review of this CD for a long, long time, and with that said lets begin.

Entwine is probobly one of the most overlooked bands in the goth-metal genre; closely compared to Sentenced, Katatonia, and Charon. I for one don't see the relation, and it's better off that way. But does that mean they stand alon absolutly not, frankly I think a more fair comparison is to the band H.I.M. ; minus the love-metal aspect. Although unlike H.I.M., Entwine brings what I believe to be a more melancholic atmosphere about a wider range of subjects. Everything from love, death, growing old, and overall lonliness.

Front to back this is a rock-solid album. Some of the absolute stand-out tracks are "The Pit", "Nothing Left To Say", "Safe in a Dream", "Until the End", and "Time of Despair". But don't count out any of the tracks not listed frankly I would list them all , but that would take the fun out of this review.

Well now it's up to you... put your ears to good use and do yourself a favor and pick up this CD."