Shadow
Shadow (Century Media/Spinefarm Records 2002)
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In the world of metal and most
forms of music, there is a country that we rarely hear from. Not that
they don't have any good music, but it just never seems to reach out
to other lands. That country is Japan. Here we have SHADOW, from Japan.
If this is an idea of where many Japanese metal bands are going,
keep'em coming! SHADOW graduates from the Gottenburg school of Death
Metal with a masters degree in riffology. Also setting them apart from
most other Death Metal is their female lead singer, T. Shimamoto.
Shimamoto growls, roars and screams her way flawlessly throughout
their debut. One would hope that singers like her, Angela Gossow of
ARCH ENEMY and Rachel of SINISTER will help other women to
progress as singers.
Guitar tag team, Yuichi Sumimoto and Shinichiro Okada look primed to
rise in the ranks of metal guitar heroes. If and when SHADOW gets more
attention from the international press, this album can and will take
off. Any doubt will be washed away by 9 tracks of INFLAMES/ARCH ENEMY
style Death Metal that melts your brain.
Reviewed by: Dan White
Album Rating:
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In the world of metal and most
forms of music, there is a country that we rarely hear from. Not that
they don't have any good music, but it just never seems to reach out
to other lands. That country is Japan. Here we have SHADOW, from Japan.
If this is an idea of where many Japanese metal bands are going,
keep'em coming! SHADOW graduates from the Gottenburg school of Death
Metal with a masters degree in riffology. Also setting them apart from
most other Death Metal is their female lead singer, T. Shimamoto.
Shimamoto growls, roars and screams her way flawlessly throughout
their debut. One would hope that singers like her, Angela Gossow of
ARCH ENEMY and Rachel of SINISTER will help other women to
progress as singers.
Guitar tag team, Yuichi Sumimoto and Shinichiro Okada look primed to
rise in the ranks of metal guitar heroes. If and when SHADOW gets more
attention from the international press, this album can and will take
off. Any doubt will be washed away by 9 tracks of INFLAMES/ARCH ENEMY
style Death Metal that melts your brain.
Reviewed by: Dan White
Album Rating:
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In the world of metal and most
forms of music, there is a country that we rarely hear from. Not that
they don't have any good music, but it just never seems to reach out
to other lands. That country is Japan. Here we have SHADOW, from Japan.
If this is an idea of where many Japanese metal bands are going,
keep'em coming! SHADOW graduates from the Gottenburg school of Death
Metal with a masters degree in riffology. Also setting them apart from
most other Death Metal is their female lead singer, T. Shimamoto.
Shimamoto growls, roars and screams her way flawlessly throughout
their debut. One would hope that singers like her, Angela Gossow of
ARCH ENEMY and Rachel of SINISTER will help other women to
progress as singers.
Guitar tag team, Yuichi Sumimoto and Shinichiro Okada look primed to
rise in the ranks of metal guitar heroes. If and when SHADOW gets more
attention from the international press, this album can and will take
off. Any doubt will be washed away by 9 tracks of INFLAMES/ARCH ENEMY
style Death Metal that melts your brain.
Reviewed by: Dan White
Album Rating:
Album Rating:
In the world of metal and most
forms of music, there is a country that we rarely hear from. Not that
they don't have any good music, but it just never seems to reach out
to other lands. That country is Japan. Here we have SHADOW, from Japan.
If this is an idea of where many Japanese metal bands are going,
keep'em coming! SHADOW graduates from the Gottenburg school of Death
Metal with a masters degree in riffology. Also setting them apart from
most other Death Metal is their female lead singer, T. Shimamoto.
Shimamoto growls, roars and screams her way flawlessly throughout
their debut. One would hope that singers like her, Angela Gossow of
ARCH ENEMY and Rachel of SINISTER will help other women to
progress as singers.
Guitar tag team, Yuichi Sumimoto and Shinichiro Okada look primed to
rise in the ranks of metal guitar heroes. If and when SHADOW gets more
attention from the international press, this album can and will take
off. Any doubt will be washed away by 9 tracks of INFLAMES/ARCH ENEMY
style Death Metal that melts your brain.
Reviewed by: Dan White