It seems to be representative of the direction of the music and is the focus of several songs on this EP. It’s a distorted little rag doll, one that has probably seen better days. Benighted Soul uses a trademark graphic on most of their work. This interest in the Greek carries through on many of the titles here but not all of them. The lyrics reflect the anger of the character whose name serves as the title for the song: But BS, you know, I just can’t go with that, let’s just say Benighted Soul, is the Gadaut vocal and, by the conclusion of this song, it becomes very apparent that that is the case. That voice provides a glimpse into the music to follow and there is some playoff with the male vocal. Drums begin to move the song to the guitars and the overlaid vocals of Gadaut. It opens with a somewhat formal symphonic structure. Medea, for those of us who have forgotten our mythology, is the wanton hussy who murders her children in anger over her husband’s betrayal. The other musicians are equally competent, there are hard guitars, a heavy pounding drum and some interesting symphonic segments that usually provide background but occasionally take a lead, if only for short periods of time, with the exception of one track where they are featured throughout.Īnesidora opens with Medea’s Anger. Those vocals do both solo and duet work and are strong. And, the male vocals do, on occasion, sound like Marco. It’s not hard to see the similarity there is a beautiful female vocal lead, probably not in Tarja’s class but highly entertaining nonetheless. The Benighted Soul music has been compared, by some, to the Nightwish sound. There is an epic quality to much of the music, and the lyrics also move in that direction. Can you imagine a rapper talking about Greek and Egyptian mythology? And the music reflects this somewhat intellectual perspective. It sometimes interests me to have music written and performed by people who actually know something. And this work moves from that direction with a focus on Greek and Egyptian mythology. That character has another, and somewhat better known name, Pandora, she of the somewhat mysterious box. The name Anesidora is one of two given to a Greek who was known as the first woman in Greek mythology. But, they do some fine music so let’s take a look at it.Īs is often the case with the Gothic music scene, Anesidora is a topical presentation. It’s a little difficult to tell who they are I guess it’s a secret. Today, the lineup includes Geraldine and at least 4 more members. The sound comes largely from front woman Geraldine Gadaut who teamed with several other musicians initially to start the project. According to the band, they are a "French female fronted metal band based on the combination of lyrical or Rock voice and Metal music". They seem to play at a regular list of venues Rock Girls Fest, Scene Bastille and others. Former President Bush told us we’d be out of Iraq in the near future 5 years ago.īenighted Soul seems to be one of a rat pack of French Symphonic Gothic type bands that includes Whyzdom, Kells, Markize, Ayin Aleph, FairyLand and others. Of course, near future can mean a lot of things. It is, however, an EP although a full CD release is scheduled in the near future. The band’s been around for a few years, this is not their first release but it is their most interesting according to all I have read, most of which is in French, by the way. But this is anything but BS, at least in the sense most Americans think of when they think of BS. Benighted Soul, or BS as they like to call themselves on their web sites for some hideous reason, is another really good French Symphonic band with a first rate soprano doing the front work.
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