23 June 2008 No Comment

Here’s AF’s 4th full-length album, and I’ll have to say it’s their most ambitious by far. They’ve cut back on the operatic passages tremendously for one thing. On top of that, new keyboardist Joost adds in his own style of industrial-sounding synths and beats - WAIT! What?! Don’t ask me, but it really doesn’t sound all that bad (bar a few intros that sound like recycled 80s synth pop fillers). The guitars also sound a lot crunchier and more intense - making the songs sound grittier and overall more METAL. Gone are any of the gothic metal cliches the band have been plagued with over the years, and good riddance!

1. Enter
2. Come
3. Boundaries Are Open
4. Living Shields
5. Being Everyone
6. Attendance
7. Free Of Doubt
8. Only Everything
9. Strong
10. Face Your Demons
11. No Control
12. Forever