April 12, 2004
Chalice: Augmented
CD, Modern Invasion 2004
Track list: Liaising Pandora - Neuron - Winter in the Desert Sky - Portrait - Child of the Matador - Static - A Semblance of Sanity
Chalice is a goth metal band from Australia. I suppose Australia isn't gloomy enough, because I'm not impressed. First of all, goth metal with female vocals is a tricky genre - there's good competition. Augmented falls short from such masterpieces as Theatre of Tragedy's Aegis, for example. Their vocalist is rather unimpressive, her sound just isn't personal enough. That's not the only problem - the songs are rather bland, too. It's pity, but as it is, Augmented is a boring album. Fans of the genre will hear little new or interesting on it. **
Category: GothI agree.
Posted by: Martin on April 16, 2004 06:00 PMone of the best
Posted by: on May 8, 2004 02:46 PMI find it totally uninspiring. There are so many bands like this already. Very ordinary.
Posted by: on October 5, 2004 05:16 PMI agree on the vocalist and the personal comment.
It seems to be lacking the whole way through.