Cold Comfort

The saddest thing about writing this review, not enough people are gonna listen to Autumn's music becoz some people are too focused on a genre labels.
Autumn are a metal band with a female singer,if you don't like your metal with guitars, then this cd is not for you.
Keep away from this cd and go back to listening to your drowned out artists with their ''special effects'' this cd is gonna be too real and raw for you.
But if you like guitars and headbanging...then read on.
The Autumn sound is there but its does sound a little different, I read that it was recorded using vintage amps and equipment.
If thats true, what a great idea, gives the whole cd a warm feeling does not feel manufactured, hats off to the producers for creating an amazing sound and feel throughout the cd.
With Autumn you always get a band who work really hard, nothing lazy in their approach to each song.I am not gonna list all the songs and score them, becoz Autumn music is not about individual tracks, you can't define this cd with just one favourite track at this moment in time, I am loving all of the tracks, I don't skip forward if anything I skip back to listen to the track again.
Lots of hidden gems in this cd, amazing guitar riffs and solos,beautiful vocals, which show the many different characteristics of Marjan Welman voice,she delivers the right ingredients for each mood the song gives to the listener.
There is very intelligent keyboards and thundersous drumming when it is needed.
What I like is the complexity of the songs,they conjure up pictures and memories in your mind.
As an older Metal fan, its normal for the my brain to look for patterns in the music, like melodies and structures of the song, we make predictions and anticipate the next part of the song ,its normal for us to compare songs that are similar, we drawn to recognize music genres, with the label, we make judgements from memory, so you got to be flexible and open minded to the what you are hearing.If you can do that...you will get nothing but joy from this cd.