Maledia - She and Her Darkness

Review by Aaron Loy
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This cd was kinda hard to review because nothing about it is bad by itself, but there is room for improvement and as long as the members keep the desire to improve I think Maledia will be a great band. Now what did I mean by my opening statement, I feel that music in a band is alot like a team, but to explain lets take the goalie and the defence men on a hockey team. You can have a really great goalie and two excellent defensemen infront of him but unless the two groups adjust to what the other needs things can still not go as they should. The instrumental part of every song was very powerful and really got you excited I found myself headbanging along to every song.

One thing I really liked was alot of bands that play this kind of music use the keyboard for all sorts of cool sounds or some sort of electronic sounding piano. Maledia's first three or four songs on the album really used the pure sound of a piano and it sounded excellent when integrated with the guitar, drums and so on. The music very rarely sounded conjested, that is a big plus for me, I personaly enjoy a band that mends well together. Vocals were great from what I could tell. Female vocals sounded good and I think she has alot of potential. The biggest complaint would be that she didn't sound clear to me and I personally feel that the music overpowered her in almost all the songs. The accompaning male growling and vocals were also good but seemed to over power the female vocalist. I really look forward to their next album to see if they find the right balance between instruments and vocalists. Pick this album up if you like such bands as Epica or Nightwish (Tarja era). I think you will enjoy it.


Album Reviewed: She and Her Darkness
Overall Rating: 8/10
Track Listing

01. Ouverture: The Walking Whispers
02. In Devil's Embrace
03. Fly To Die
04. Silent Essence (Dancing on a Lake of Screams)
05. Perfect Enemy
06. Crystal Tears
07. Black Heaven
08. She And Her Darkness
09. Sacryledia
10. Ti Sento feat. Rob Tyrant (Labyrinth)
11. A Ghost Within