Unto Others - Strength

Monday, new week, time to introduce "Record Of The Week".

Oregon goth-metallers UNTO OTHERS is back with the second album "Strength".

Yes I know, I'm late for the ball again, but I was waiting for Vinyl which would have been released a long time ago, but has been postponed, now at the end of February and now I can not wait any longer, haha So for today you get the album and here is my review on it.

IDLE HANDS or UNTO OTHERS as they are called today really shows thier "Strength" that they are the finest band in goth-rock today. A band that mixes the classic heavy metal and goth rock in a excellent way, almost like CURE did distort them self up to THE SISTERS OF MERCY and added some chilli with some power to boost everything up and at least the lyrical themes that deals with life, death, fantasy, mysticism and some personal issues.

"Strength" kicks on with the furious and dark piece "Herion", were the lyrics tells a story of addiction, the music is marvelous and fantastic, the same dark theme continues "Downtown". The same theme continues throughout the album where they handle the rhythms and melody in a wonderfully way, they mixes styles and tempos to keep up the intresst and almost create a freeway for what's to come when they take the next level on the follow up album. Gabriel Franco vocals part is just brilliant in my ears, incredibly mesmerizing with his baritone voice, something that really take place on the next tune "When Will Gods Work Be Done", a powerful anthem. On "No Children Laughing Now" the sound is a bit diffrent here, still a dark piece, heavy riffing, furious doublebass drumming, which then shifts up the tempo in "Destiny", heavy riffing, heavy drumming and some softer vocal parts. The light punkish "Why" is another brilliant step to widen their views. They even manage to add a cover to the album, a fantastic version of Pat Benatar’s 1980 classic "Hell Is For Children". Some rumbling bass in the slightly more polished "Summer Lightning". The title tune really summarizing everything the album has offred during it's play time of forty-six minutes and twenty-two seconds as my digital album shows. "Strength" really have some well-written lyrics, marvlous lead guitars, excellent vocals, hard and heavy doublebass drumming and a rumbling bass lines. The album needs more of me and was not as direct as "Mana", but if you give it time, dive into what it wants to convey, you will be rewarded, I promise, you’ll love it.

Sum: "Strength" is something you need now and UNTO OTHERS will provide it to you!

US Tour Dates - With BEHEMOTH, ARCH ENEMY, NAPALM DEATH, And More

Apr16 Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ, US 

Apr18 Aztec Theatre San Antonio, TX, US 

Apr19 Amplified Live Dallas, TX, US 

Apr21 Jannus Live St Petersburg, FL, US 

Apr22 The Eastern Atlanta, GA, US 

Apr23 The Fillmore Charlotte Charlotte, NC, US

Apr25 REBEL Toronto, ON, Canada

Apr26 MTELUS Montreal, QC, Canada

Apr28 Terminal 5 New York (NYC), NY, US 

Apr29 The Fillmore Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA, US 

Apr30 Palladium Worcester, MA, US

May02 Riviera Theatre- IL Chicago, IL, US

May04 Odgen Theatre Denver, CO, US 

May07 The Depot Salt Lake City, UT, US

May09 Showbox SoDo Seattle, WA, US

May10 Vogue Theatre Vancouver, BC, Canada

May11 Roseland Theater Portland, OR, US 

May13 The Uc Theater San Francisco, CA, US

May15 Hollywood Palladium Hollywood, CA, US 

European Festivals

Jul13 Metal Hammer Festival 2022 Spodek Katowice, Poland

Aug02- Aug06 Beyond The Gates 2022 USF Verftet Bergen, Norway

European Tour Dates - With BEHEMOTH, ARCH ENEMY, CARCASS, And More

Sep27 Olympia Theatre Dublin, Ireland

Sep29 O2 Academy Glasgow Glasgow, UK

Sep30 O2 Apollo Manchester, UK 

Oct01 O2 Academy Birmingham Birmingham, UK

Oct02 O2 Academy Brixton London, UK

Oct04 Zénith Paris - La Villette Paris, France

Oct05 Le Bikini Ramonville St Agne, France

Oct07 Sala Tejo, Altice Arena Lisbon, Portuga

Oct08 Palacio Vistalegre Madrid, Spain

Oct09 Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona, Spain

Oct11 Radiant Bellevue CALUIRE ET CUIRE, France

Oct12 Alcatraz Milan, Italy 

Oct14 Columbiahalle Berlin, Germany

Oct15 Tipsport Arena Prague, Czech Republic

Oct16 Barba Negra Budapest, Hungary

Oct18 Planet.Tt Bank Austria Halle Gasometer Vienna, Austria

Oct19 Spodek Katowice, Poland 

Oct21 MHP Arena Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg, Germany 

Oct22 Mainstage 'S Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Oct23 Forest National / Vorst Nationaal Brussels, Belgium 

Oct25 The Hall Zürich Dubendorf, Switzerland

Oct26 Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt, Germany

Oct28 Zenith, Die Kulturhalle Munich, Germany

Oct29 Mitsubishi Electric HALLE Düsseldorf, Germany

Oct30 Edel-Optics.De Arena Hamburg, Germany

Oct31 Partille Arena Gothenburg, Sweden 

Nov02 Black Box, Helsingin Jäähalli Helsinki, Finland

Nov04 Annexet Stockholm, Sweden 

Nov05 Forum Black Box Frederiksberg, Denmark

Nov06 Rockefeller Oslo, Norway

Today's tune "Downtown" is the second single from "Strength", enjoy!



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