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Coriolis - Coriolis, PsychoAcoustiX Records

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Coriolis - Coriolis, PsychoAcoustiX Records

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This debut album dates from 2005. It's a one man effort. Coriolis is Jonathan Stamets (also known from Bridgeshadows) who did all the instruments and the singing on this record. The music is a mix of keyboard gothic and metal with electronic elements. Most of the songs have a dark and sometimes even depressing sound. This is partly due to the vocals, though they are not of the screaming sort, they are dark, raw and sometimes quite low and as a whisper. They fit this kind of music perfectly, but could be a bit more convincing at times. If you listen to the latest Bridgeshadows album, you can hear Stamets has improved his vocal abilities (and recorded them better). Metal fans will probably think the electronic and keyboard elements are too dominant on this album: Happy Days starts as if it's a Joy Electric tune. But the guitar sound is quite good and some ideas are interesting, like the whistling in Hypothetical Life. Occasionally Coriolis reminds of a lighter and less impressive version of Rammstein, with a hint of The Awakening (Resurrection Night). But it's not of the same level. Only a few songs are promises for the future, the rest is not warming my heart. If his work with Bridgeshadows is an indication of what Stamets is capable of, I'm sure we'll see Coriolis develop further with a next album.

Listen to Coriolis on myspace.com. This album is distributed in the USA by Youngside Records.

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