Yes, this band's called Eminenz, not Eminem. Bad choice
in times of chart-breaking Eminem. But after listening into the album
The Blackest Dimension, the title of which is obviously not related
to its blueish cover, one realizes that this mishap is only the tip of
the iceberg.
The first track starts off with some chords, immediately
followed by a double bass supported hissing, bellowing voice desperately
attempting to follow the line of a two-chord riff. That's "Exorials
Return." By the time the second track, "Voices," begins, you're wishing
for the pitch of the voice to change - it won't for the whole CD. Interrupted
by slow parts that don't fit in, some growls, a second singer and a hardly
audible but ever-present early 80's video console organ sound, the song
drags on.
"Diabolical Majesty" doesn't really come to create
any atmosphere either. Some spherical tunes of a piano introduction carrying
over to a slowly picked, slightly detuned guitar part give the setting
for another bore and finally, "Darkness Comes Over Us" with Blind Guardian
like "ooohooohooohoo" choirs in the background, clearly out
of tune, if distinguishable from the drum background. Worse even, some
out of place major chords are thrown into the piece.
Eminenz' CD is a typical example of a band that doesn't
know where to make a point and find its niche in terms of style. Once
more it proves that arbitrarily mixing elements from thrash metal over
black metal to Blind Guardian-style "elves and wizards" metal is not guaranteed
to yield a personal style. Add to that the occasionally occuring technical
problems of this production, and you understand why their name is so well
chosen: It's a below-average blend of everything.
