SEVEN 13 - UNLEASHED (What Matters Records, 2002)
Produced by Seven 13 and David Lefkowitz
Recorded at Renaissance Recording Studio
Cover by Vip Technologies
Tracks: 1- Drink!; 2- Out of Control, 3- Haunted; 4- Don´t You Wish; 5- Outcasts; 6- Whenever you Close your Eyes; 7- Venus; 8- If you Want Me; 9- Dianne; 10- You Could be Mine; 11- Falling
Here we have Seven 13. This is a band that really surprises me because they play powerful hard rock and at the same time they have sort of a dark atmosphere or sad feeling in their music which I liked a lot and that seems related to the great theatrical image that this band has. There are two excellent things here: one is the great use of vocals....the singer is really energetic and gives a lot of power to the songs; then the keyboards which are omniprescent through all the recording and construct the main feeling of the songs while contrasting with the heavier guitars. But the main thing on this CD are the amazingly well constructed songs....Seven 13 has an idea and knows exactly how to transmit it to the listener through their beautiful and melodic music. The band has also a lot of power due to the use of distorted guitars (the guitarist has really good taste for the riffs and also for the solos as you can check for example in "Falling". Seven 13´s music sounds even more energetic live as I can see through their "Drink!" video that they have made as a live videoclip. I liked a lot this band because of the melodies that they create in every way that is possible and the dark feeling that they obtain!!!
Favorite tracks: "Don´t You Wish" "You Could Be Mine" and "Out of Control"
Contact: www.seven13band.com
