New review of our album posted at the French webzine
Des Filles et Des Riffs Or read it below if you don't speak French...
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Clandestine is
a“metal prog” band from the USA, which includes a few former members of
“Apex Theory”. It would be more accurate to define the band’s musical style as “Modern goth metal prog” since the band manages a clever mix of several different musical styles
while remaining melodic and accessible to a wide audience. To sum it
up roughly, one might say that Clandestine is a hybrid of “Dream Theater” and “Evanescence”.
Indeed, we have here some very progressive sounding riffs and
keyboards, and, for the most part, the musicians’ technical level is
very high, with fairly complex compositions. As for the modern gothic
side, it is present in the heavy and catchy rhythm section
and in the catchy melodies that are easily memorized. The singer is
June with her powerful voice full of emotions. Her style is mainly
melodic, but she doesn’t hesitate to throw in a scream once in a while
or to use a saturated voice.
With this album, Clandestine gives us 10 potential hits, rich with
melody and highly diverse. We go from the very modern-prog “Fearless”
and “Disappear In You” to the pop ballad “Silent Sin”, to the ark and
aggressive “Philistine”
with its slightly electro hard-driving chorus. “Pretend” returns to a
softer, more velvety mood, imbued with a certain despair. “Fracture” is more prog with a funky side, whereas “Dead to the World”
shows a rougher side again with its heavy tone and its syncopated
rhythm. It may be the track in which the mix of progressive and modern
is the most apparent. The album ends with the trippy “The Invalid” and
the mysterious “Comatose”.
A beautiful find.