The End of Life

As I found out more and more about the lighter sub-genres of metal, I found out more and more about it, thanks to bands like Epica, Elis, Lacuna Coil, and Sirenia, but the only real reason I got into UnSun was because I'm also a big Vader fan, but despite UnSun being the most recent gothic metal band I found out about, I'll say they have their faults, I'm not going to nit pick on little things, but the gothic metal at the beginning was nice, I didn't hate any particular song, but the industrial metal song at the end, do I need to say again to leave Rammstein to take care of the industrial metal, industrial metal is better off in a purely industrial metal album, mixing it with gothic, symphonic, heavy, thrash, death, doom, anything really fucks up the album from my point of view. I'm not saying it absolutely sucks because of their attempt at industrial metal at the end because I thought the industrial metal song was okay, but putting industrial metal in a gothic metal album is like putting rap in a death metal album. Though enough talk of industrial metal, let's get this started.

Even though Vader is the reason I found out about UnSun, Mauser didn't leave Vader to play bull shit, and he didn't, he came to play good music, and he accomplished his mission here, I actually liked this, despite some bull shit I may get, here I found nothing wrong with it except yeah, yeah, the industrial metal at the end, but it's better than tossing it in the middle of the god damn album. But I found the vocals to be the best part, it's supposed to be like that in lighter sub-genres of metal, it's an irony of sorts and many bands that play this kind of music use this same tactic, but I found the vocals the best part because I think she does just fine being a frontwoman for this band, she has a voice that can sing you to sleep and I find nothing wrong with her using it, but I will admit when she starts to take it too high, it does relate to a four year old girl screaming at the top of her lungs, however, I'd chooses Ada screaming at the top of her lungs over a 4 year old girl screaming, it keeps my hearing for a lot longer. Instrumental wise, they were just as good, though the moments of them playing instrumental are usually very limited in time and have a rare occurence, she does need to realize the show is not all about her, but it's not like UnSun is the only band with this problem. But still, I found Mauser did great with the guitar of his, and their bassist and drummer were just as good doing their part. I like the solos they put in some songs like on Destiny, which was probably the best solo on the album. Their riffs were suitable for gothic metal and had little to nothing to improve on. As far as the drumming goes, they were a good addition to the instrumental part of this, during the chorus', verses, and riffs, they were just fine, and nothing to improve on. Bass lines were just fine, but a bass solo here and there would be great.

For criticism, I have little to say is wrong with this, but for the things I find, they typically are big things. First, I god damn hate it when people say this is pop or alternative, you are a gothic METAL band, so you do need to add some heavy parts instrumentally. Secondly, when the vocals get too high, it does get on the annoying side, keep them low to mid pitched and were on the same page. Third, vocals solos were pretty high in number, you could cut down on them a bit.

Now, every song on here was worth it, even the industrial metal song was, but beyond the shadow of a doubt, Whispers was the best song of all of them, Destiny, On The Edge, Closer to Death, Bring Me the Heaven, and Lost Innocence were the best songs, and having six good songs that stand out will get the job done, the rest of them were either good or mediocre.

So to end, UnSun got to a pretty good start, but they do have some things to improve for any future albums they make. But all you gothic and symphonic metal bands, for now, you may want to stick with other bands such as: Sirenia, Within Temptation, Elis, Epica, Lacuna Coil, Visions of Atlantis, Imperia, and Aesma Daeva for now. But keep a look out for the second UnSun album coming out sometime along the line.