Downhearted - Charon

Charon is one of several relatively high profile gothic metal bands playing in the Finnish style, popularised by the likes of HIM and, to a lesser extent, The 69 Eyes. Of the three, Charon are certainly the most convincingly "metal," solely due to the efforts of the guitars that occasionally deliver a riff that wouldn't be out of place in a slow power metal song (such as that in 'At the End of Our Day' that's reminiscent of Therion). This aside, the style is still very much in the same overly sentimental, melodramatic gothic style as the band HIM, repackaging eighties glam as a pin-up for teenage goth girls. The vocals are quite good, certainly less ...  Read the complete review