Carnival Of Rust - PotF's second stroke of genius

The second album by the Finnish rock band had a hard act to heritage. The predecessor "Signs Of Life" was named the most successful album in Finland and so had to prove the three that you can write more than 12 good songs.

Following the publication in Finland (in April 2006), it was agreed: Next Developed succeeded better than the debut!

Now to the individual songs:

The album starts with Fire. One up-tempo number that starts with a casual singing quietly and then more and more grows to rock song with Power-Solo. Super Chorus. 09/10

The number two, Sorry Go 'Round comes first even without guitar and with only bass and keyboards and sounds very pop / electronically. The text is ironical, and is also presented as well. Despite catchy certainly the weakest song on the album. 06/10

Carnival Of Rust is rightly the title track. The song begins with plucked acoustic and breaks in the chorus with distorted guitar over the listener in. Singer Marko proves his vocal range and floats of whisper-sad to emotional outburst. The text is awesome, and you have to sympathize easily. 10/10

Locking Up The Sun is a mixture of rock and electro. The chorus encourages to sing along. The guitar melody remains immediately in the ear. 07/10

Gravity, sounds like a jam session, which is meant negatively in any way. The song is one of the harder ones on the album, and like almost all the songs yet builds to end mightily. Cool Solo, loose sung. 08/10

King Of Fools rolled over the listener pratkisch and what remains at the end is a goose bumps. Tottrauriger song about a broken love. Quiet acoustic melody in verses and rocking electric guitar in the chorus make this song one of the highlights. The voice fits perfectly. 10/10

Title 7 is Roses and is a clever pop number built. Once again, with the acoustics in the foreground is singing a love song which we Marko as a single chorus effect. One would have to sing the first verse with. 10/10

Was Roses already loose easily, then lifts Desire now from completely. In the live style of the song begins with an announcement of Marko. Overall, again an acoustic number, but somehow lacks special musical moments. The song brings this out only partially. Good song from which you could have done more. 07/10

All The Way / 4U begins quietly, you can hear immediately back exactly. Markos voice sounds nice on any song on. The song / text sounds first love / worried but then the song pulls the voltage curve tremendously upward. The acoustics silent, a piano begins to play. Then thunders a distorted electric guitar out of the speakers. "Oh my love ..." Marko sings with all the feeling of what it is made. One is left with palpitations and then presses it safe "Repeat". 10/10

Delicious interrupts the quiet series of songs. The song simply rocks. Structurally something like Gravity. However, the last bit of missing making him the Super-rock song (like "lift" or "Fire") would have done. 07/10

This song begins with a quiet acoustics, Keyboard spheres and Flagolett tones. The text in verse saddening. The chorus, however, gives hope and rocks scary with a pretty ingenious riff. Maybe Tomorrow is a Better Day invites you to dream. 10/10

Finally follows as the previous album, a very quiet song. Dawn. Without guitar only borne by the keyboard and Markos voice. You get when listening to a bad feeling in my stomach, and when it ausebbt after 3:40, one is to have sure heard a good conclusion for a fresh, varied rock album. 08/10