Customer Reviews

Fevered

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It was by chance I picked up this album. I was sure I had heard of it somewhere, and it was in the used clearance bin, and it was on Nuclear Blast, so I figured what the heck. Was I in for a surprise!

Dark and depressing is the only way to sum up this romantic gothic/doom album. I've rarely heard a female voice go to the depressive levels that Mariana Holmberg goes to on these tracks. There's no low-end growling (Theatre of Tragedy) or operatic attempts (Tristania, Nightwish). Instead, her soft and brooding voice fits the band's musical style perfectly. The music is relatively simple, but very well arranged and performed. Very deep and heavy, yet slow and very captivating. It's easy to get the melodies stuck in your head for days. The best track is probably "The Wounds of Bitterness", but many others are close behind. Watch out for the last track--it's sounds like a different band! Really heavy and brutal. What a perfect way to end the album.

This band combines sweet, low, and sexy vocals with a harder metal sound. The combination is a gothic dream. The music is beautiful, the words timeless and the female vocal lead is increadible. If you like gothic and metal this is the perfect combination for you. It's soft enough and hard enough to be enjoyed by everyone!

Beautiful, heavy and melodic, this is simply the best.

If you like this album, you should also check out their first 6-track mini-CD, "Shadowdance", it's fabulous, with a different female singer, who is just as good.

This is haunting & melodic gothic rock from Sweden. This singer is great and so is the rest of the band. Give it a listen.

Left Hand Solution is definitely a different metal band. I like the female vocals. they're definitely a break from male vocals. I hope that more female-fronted bands come out. this album is a collector's item. hail Nuclear Blast America

I heard this CD completely by accident, and actually the first time I heard it, it was on a poorly recorded cassette tape, but I still loved it. Not long afterward I acquired the CD and was able to listen to Fevered properly. If I have to compare it to something, I would call it Type O Negative with a female singer, mainly due to similar styles, but their talent goes further than that and they are not just another Type O clone. I will admit, sometimes the music can seem a bit repetitive at times, but for the most part it's pretty good. But let me get to vocals, because holy hell that woman can sing. Her range is just amazing, I can almost feel every note. Spellbinding for sure. She can move through octaves so seemlessly it just blew my mind. So this isn't the greatest CD ever made, and it does have some flaws, but I still love it, mostly in part to the singer. Without her this CD would not have been half as good. No offense to the musicians involved, but come on, she's amazing!