Psychema – The Entry Point (2012)

The Finns PSYCHEMA place this year with “The entry point”, in front after an EP in 2008, their official debut album. According to the information flyer plays progressive metal quintet. Well, if the word progressive increases in the original sense, is not it in a certain way. Stylistically, the limited band around singer / guitarist Tomi Kavala, anyway. However, they are not as brave as you could wish for good.

PSYCHEMA feel both the death metal and gothic metal and – as mentioned above – progressive metal attached. With the progressive element in the music of PSYCHEMA based not so much on Frickel passages, but rather by the combination of these ingredients. This is a risky business, and overall, the Finns are to do any bad way. As so often, it is sick but in the implementation of those objectives. “The entry point” does not sound really intended to end. One can see that the band made their mind works and has tried to implement it. This results in song fragments that promote the potential of PSYCHEMA well to light. On the other hand, there is far too much kitsch, as heard in “antiparticle”. Overall, the proportion of kitsch is the debut album by the Finns simply too high. That was the mid-nineties, when the Gothic genre just experienced its high point, even annoying, but somehow it was. Today, one can elicit such sounds with at most dreamy teen Goths delight from the cellar and.

The cheesy keyboards are not the primary issue on “The entry point”. That the band themselves, who do not know exactly where they want to go. For example, death metal act carelessly pasted elements of gothic metal sounds, then go to the piano part in a carried over. That does not seem to fit everything together and acts pretty much like on the drawing board designed – what it is not the cause but does not do better. The fact that the band has talent, show tunes such as “The Past”, which really go under the skin, while (relatively) free to come by so kitsch. Here also the voice of frontman Tomi comes right into play and it sounds as if he had never done anything else. For many of the ten numbers are different. Whilst there are a wide range of Kavala and recalls in his best moments on a mix of Pete Steele and Ferdinand of MOONSPELL. Otherwise, it adapts to the compositions and you have the feeling that he does not know where he is going.

Overall, you have “The entry point” attest that the board lacks a common thread. The shortcomings in the songwriting are still too pronounced, and should also work on sustainable hooks the band. Genre friends (I mean gothic metal) may be made to risk an ear. I personally feel the whole album again at some distance in the cellar of a beer buddies, to the mid-nineties, when bands have landed the big CREAMTORY just came out. However, I found the kitsch factor was already a very good idea.

01. Entry Point
02. You
03. Solace In Void
04. Antiparticle
05. About Face
06. The Past
07. Losing Grace
08. Semilucidity
09. Repetitive Moments
10. Fade Out

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