Fallen - For My Pain

For My Pain... manage to be a disappointment in the Finnish gothic metal scene, which is some feat considering how low the bar has already been set by the likes of HIM and Charon's more recent efforts. The disappointment stems from the band's status as something of a supergroup, with members from other metal bands of varying styles coming together to produce something infinitely less than the sum of their parts. This is standard and rather dull gothic metal through and through, and some pretty keyboard work from Nightwish's Tuomas Holopainen can't save it from mediocrity. There's still more of a heavy metal element here than in the more consciously commercial ...  Read the complete review