Delain - April Rain

With "Lucidity" a remarkable debut work was already eingespielt.Was was initially intended as a short interlude project, eventually developed, through the increasing and at the same time unexpected success, a stable line-up.Und exactly does this Tatasche the new plate good.The talented Charlotte Wessels takes over this time the vocals almost single-handedly, because only in "Control The Storm" and "Nothing Left" is Marco Hietala of NIGHTWISH heard. Except for a few isolated, very brief additional deposits Wessels vote determines the overall event.
Be it the catchy title track, whose melody settles immediately in the ear canal, the ballad "On The Other Side", the (my favorite tracks on the disc) epic "Go Away" or the already mentioned level, NIGHTWISH-like, "Control The Storm "; here is something for everyone ...
Of course DELAIN have the wheel is not reinvented and some parallels with genre colleagues can be recognized already, but with "April Rain" is something you managed that succeeds only few bands: an album that really consistently convincing. What more do you want?

Conclusion: "April Rain" is certainly one of the most compelling releases in the genre of symphonic metal.