Fallen (Fallen - For My Pain)

Member Name: Frankingsteins

Product:	Fallen - For My Pain
Date:	09/07/08 (17 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Skilled musicians (apparently).

Disadvantages: Tedious and uninspired.

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 works of the high profile Finnish gothic metal acts, most notable in the lead guitar melodies, but the pace is slow throughout and lacks any real dynamic elements beyond the occasional catchy chorus, none of which are memorable by the time the next song comes along.

1. My Wound is Deeper Than Yours
2. Dancer in the Dark
3. Queen Misery
4. Sea of Emotions
5. Rapture of Lust
6. Broken Days
7. Dear Carniwhore
8. Bed of Dead Leaves
9. Autumn Harmony
10. Tomorrow is a Closed Gate (Dead for So Long)

Summary: For My Pain's first album (2003).