REVIEW: BRAVE - SEARCHING FOR THE SUN

 

BRAVE - SEARCHING FOR THE SUN (Dark Symphonies Recs., 2002)

Produced by Kevin Gutierrez and Brave

Recorded at Assembly Line Studios

Cover Art by Mark Riddick

Tracks: 1- Escape; 2- I believe; 3- Falling Into Bliss; 4- Trapped Inside; 5- Before Nightfall; 6- To Dream Again; 7- Bleed Into Me; 8- New Beginning; 9- Out of Focus; 10- Candle in the Dark; 11- Waiting All This Time

Here we have this band formerly called Arise From Thorns whose album "Before an Audience of Stars" I reviewed many issues back. For those who doesn´t know the band, Brave is a really melodic yet heavy band with a lot of acoustic guitars parts, some use of keayboards and rhythms and with the amazingly beautiful vocals of Michelle Looze. This time we see a real progress in the compositions where each track has a beginnin a middle part and a climax really well developed. And the greatest thing here is the melodic sense that this band has: it seems to me that they have many and many melodies flowing through their minds and they know exactly how to put them together (some of the vocal lines are of extreme beauty...you will not believe it). There is a certain The Gathering influence in some parts which I like a lot but played with Brave´s own identity. A great beginning for this band with a new name !!

Favorite tracks: All the CD is bautiful and extremely melodic. Thumbs up for this band !!!

Contact: www.darksymphonies.com