Artist: Covered In Ashes
Country: The Netherlands
Label: Self-Released
Formats: Demo CDr
Year: 2002
Covered In Ashes is a new Dutch band that plays some kind of doom-deathmetal. They got their influences from bands like older Anathema, Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride in particular. In May 2002 some members decided it was time to implement their dreams, and to form a band in the style they liked so much. After some line-up changes, they finally got a good line-up and they got an offer for a free recording session. This demo CD is the result of those recordings.
Well let’s start with saying the sound of the CD is below measures. I think this bad sound really leaves its mark on the whole demo, which is a pity I think, because the ideas on this CD are quite okay. What really suffer from the sound are the clean vocals of Maarten, it makes it all quite unpleasant, and I’m quite sure the guy has got some talent. The bio says that the recording took four ours, well, I’m sorry, but you can hear that. They better could’ve spent some bucks on a good studio and some more time to record the songs, but maybe that’s for the future. But there are some good ideas, especially the first two songs are quite okay.
I’m curious to their next effort.
