Fall Of The Leafe
Vantage

Beautiful!!! Beautiful!!! My first words after listening to this work for the first time. The band in question comes from cold Finland and presents itself with a renewed look. Having left behind their past in Melodic Death Metal, they come with a new Gothic style that is very original and rock-infused like few others. A great performance by singer Tomas Tuominen, who thanks to his versatility presents himself to our ears as a more aggressive and more technical Eddie Vedder. It's spectacular to hear him sing and change style and expressions throughout the various songs in this work.

The album is certainly very charming, captivating, and melodically irresistible. The great quality of this work lies precisely in the very rock rhythms that blend perfectly with the gothic themes, avoiding the composition from becoming as boring as many gothic works currently around. "The Fresco" is practically a beautiful song that spectacularly highlights the incisiveness of the band. "Morning Works" is perfect, especially thanks to the arpeggios present almost throughout the song. "But The Ghosts Here" deserves praise for its incisiveness. I'd say a stellar start. What I'm avoiding doing is praising the great qualities of this singer for each song because I would become boring, so I'll remind you now and won't repeat it, he is exceptional in all the tracks and above all knows how to vary his singing in terms of emotions. In "In The Silence Of The Sand" there is a drastic change in rhythms, as they become a bit harsher, and also in terms of singing, this gives us almost a sense of desperation in some parts, that angry desperation that sometimes hides within us. "Off The Map, Under The Sun" is one of the most beautiful tracks of this work and perhaps the darkest of the whole batch. With "Receiver" we have come to the use of heavier and fiercer riffs, it's beautiful when in the middle of the song the singer screams and the frantic riffs almost immobilize us, enchanted by the stylistic beauty of these F.O.T.L., only to slow down and resume the initial rhythms. So far exceptional.

"The Other Room" is one of the most depressive, or to be more precise, one of the most gothic, one of the few that gives us the sensation of being able to take off at any moment without ever doing so. In "Ordeal" we have riffs still above average for heaviness and especially a compositional play that at certain moments almost overturns our emotions. "Quiet Citizen" is in my opinion the flattest of the tracks present in "Vantage" although it doesn't lose pace thanks especially to the almost terrifying final solo. "Cold Java" is certainly one of the most captivating songs on the album. "Discipline And Punish" is an instrumental that in my opinion is wonderful, played in a truly exceptional way, beautiful as it accompanies us towards the last track of this work. "The End Of Harvest" is my favorite. Here Tuominen decides to take all the available spotlights and becomes the only true protagonist of an almost masterful work.

In short, a great surprise from these Fall Of The Leafe who take Gothic and Dark Rock and mix it to create an explosive blend of emotions and sensations without neglecting the technical aspect of the songs. Tomas Tuominen deserves praise without a doubt, but especially the band, because at certain moments they are a pleasure to listen to, despite the presence of heavy and cadenced riffs. If I had to describe this work with an adjective, I would define it as fresh, even though it is a cross between Gothic and primarily Dark Rock. In short, they play something vaguely similar to our own Klimt 1918... so if you know the latter, you know very well that you can't miss out on a work like this!!!