εpsilon

As much as I like Blood Stain Child, I have to admit that this album isn't so good and it is mostly because the female vocals ruin it for me. Their earlier release was my favorite and this could be nice as well musically, but I don't enjoy the male vocals, especially the screams that are reduced. Electro influences are much more audible now, but that would have been okay if the singer didn't sound so poppy. If the vocals were replaced by growling, this album would get at least 70% from me.

εpsilon is an album that could be assumed is played in some clubs, but not in a metal bar. It has the same problems as Amaranthe's newest album, The Nexus. It is unbalanced and too soft to even count as metal anymore and it is more core metal than death metal. There are metal elements still present and some death metal elements, but those are such a little part of the album that it doesn't make it metal enough for me.

Good things about this album are that Ryo's vocals are better than ever. The mixing is nice, but it is hard to enjoy it since there are lot of parts where Ryo sings and then Sophia and again Ryo and Sophia moments later. It would be better if Ryo would scream one half of the song and then Sophia + Ryo in the chorus. The guitars are almost absent in some verses and should have guitars there and Ryo screaming and using his talent.

This album is nice to listen sometimes, but there aren't too many memorable songs here. "Forever Free" and "Electricity" are the only songs that I remember from this album. They are okay.

Overall, I would recommend this album only to those who really like dance and rock/metal fused together with female vocals. Maybe for E-type and Amaranthe fans.