MINDFIELD: Be-low CD powerful Gothic Metal. Check sample!!

Great powerful –yes, powerful- Gothic metal. Very pleaseant to the ear, not only because of the fantastic melodies and the catchy songs but because the music is also….yes, you got it….powerful
Genre: Gothic Rock / Metal
Label: Lifeforce Records
Playing time: 47:10
Tracklist:
1. Made To Measure
2. Destination 666 www.lifeforcerecords.com/downloads/21
3. Desperate (Death Parade)
4. Mucher No Illores
5. Dead End Love
6. Gallery In Black
7. Below
8. A Silent Moment
9. The Sobering
10. They Speak
11. If You Wish…
12. Night's End (Gallery #2)

what we here get is good, the whole packaging actually is!
Coming over like a mix of Gothic Rock, pure Rock and Metal, somewhat dark, but at the same time pretty lighthearted. The MINDFIELD sound is extremely hard to be put into words as they mix together quite a few different styles and elements, from Gothic to almost Thrashy, with a quite distinct guitar sound and the good voice of Danny Kabus, which fits the music very well indeed.
And this is what I think holds quite some appeal to a pretty wide range of listeners, so either this wide spectrum could limit the success of MINDFIELD or make them a true breakthrough artist, they definitely would have the potential for the latter, I would say, after listening to "Be-Low". Opener "Made To Measure" is a high energy Rocker with a really original guitar sound and some great melodies, immensely catchy without sounding overtly directed at a certain audience, so no sell out accusations here. And the following "Destination 666" is even more so, with great drive and energy and a certain Finnish Goth touch as well, without copying any of the Northern masters still.
After the Spanish guitar instrumental "Mucher No Illores" "Dead End Love" is a great tune still, with good melodies and guitars, before "Gallery In Black" leads us into the very Finn Goth-y areas, even with some piano, very good indeed! Just like the dark and quite riffy "If You Wish…" towards the end.

Altogether MINDFIELD's latest output is a highly interesting release that has a lot of potential for a wide success, because it features several mass compatible elements, but fit together in a highly energetic and cohesive whole that comes natural and never sounds forced or anything. To call them the German band with the most Finnish sound might be a quite bold statement and most probably also leads too far and is not fully correct either, but that is something that somehow came to my mind while listening to "Be-Low".

What I can assure you of is that it is a damn good album that is highly enjoyable, both in the car, at home and also, like right now, under the headphones.