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"Overstepping the Verge..."

From Russia, Riverain play technical, Melodic Death Metal. Actually their approach is quite interesting. The music seems to have more in common with symphonic power metal, but it is the extreme Angela Gossow type vocals provided by Anastasia Ligotskaya that will undoubtedly land Riverain in the Death Metal category. A shame really, since it is their ability to work several different styles that really makes them such an appealing musical entity. On their debut full-length "Overstepping the Verge..." Riverain offers the listener and impressive 11-song, 60-minute ride that is anything but boring. First of all, the overall sound on "Overstepping the Verge…" is huge and at times quite epic. The intro "Falling Asleep" begins with a narration that leads us into the authoritative "The Dream". Just a great opener that sees the band grabbing the listener’s attention immediately behind an immense wall of Guitars and the brutal vocals of Anastasia. "Breaking Test" begins with a nice (dare I say beautiful?) piano intro before the technicality of the band kicks in and transforms in a heavy straight forward metal track. On the 7-minute "Madman", the vocals are provided by Liisa Lagoun, her style is more of a clean female approach. You can’t say enough about the musicianship provided on the songs. The contrast between the mix of styles and Anastasia’s extreme vocals are very well done and unique among a lot of today’s metal. The band are obviously influenced by wide arrange of styles and they are not afraid to show them. The final track "Spirits of the Forest" is just 8-minutes worth of pure bombast that happily evolves into an all out jam at the end. The outro, "The Dream Ends" brings things around full circle and completes the journey. "Overstepping the Verge…" is quite a huge achievement for this Russian band and an excellent introduction to the metal world at large.

HeavyMusic.ru (9/10)

Меня не перестаёт радовать российская метал сцена. С каждым годом появляется все больше качественных и интересных команд, которые в свою очередь ничем не уступают своим зарубежным коллегам. И что самое интересное – такие группы рождаются в разных уголках нашей необъятной родины. Сегодня речь пойдет о группе Riverain с их дебютной работой под названием "Overstepping the Verge". Чем примечателен данный релиз? Тем, что группа из Анапы, это уже как минимум интересно. А играют ребята добротный прогрессив-метал с женским экстремальным вокалом. В музыке так же присутствуют элементы других стилей (например, значительная доля мелодик-дэта), что делает музыку Riverain достаточно оригинальной. Альбом насыщен красивыми гитарными риффами и соляками , а так же запоминающимися партиями вокала и клавиш. В целом альбом слушается на одной волне, все песни звучат достойно. Но при всех плюсах стоит отметить, что музыка Riverain не так уж легка для восприятия, что не является значительным минусом, но по хитовости самой музыки всё-таки немного бьёт. В заключении хочу выделить хорошее и грамотное оформление альбома, красивую обложку и не менее красивый буклет, который приятно полистать и почитать. Советую всем любителям нестандартного метала приобрести данный альбом, вы не пожалеете!

rateyourmusic.com (4/5)

Let's get this out of the way right now. Yes, the lead singer sounds so much like Angela Gossow that you would swear they were sisters. In reality, I think these extreme vocals are very solid and certainly better than when she (Anastasia Ligotskaya) attempts clean vocals on the song Madman. Oh, the music you say. Overstepping The Verge... is really a rather melodic progressive metal album with certainly some elements of mdm in the vocals and some of the riffing. Lead singer Anastasia really only sings 1/3 of the album tops, so expect lots of instrumental progressive metal. There is even some more atmospheric melodic progressive sections I really like a lot. I can't give Overstepping The Verge... less than a 4 star because of all the nice instrumental portions of the album. The portions with Anastasia sounding like Angela Gossow are a bit samey sounding and not nearly as good as the instrumental portions.

alt-land.info

Ну что же, для дебютника молодой российской команды - вполне, вполне прилично. Ребята замахнулись на достаточно сложный жанр и надо признать, выглядят очень неплохо, даже по сравнению с зарубежными аналогами. Инструментальная работа, качество реализации, оформление - на отличном уровне, местами - высший класс, особо радует, что девочке-вокалистке не дают покоя лавры Анджелы Госсов и она от всей души пытается расправиться с конкуренткой, ну а парни серьёзно ей в этом помогают. Удачи и развития, а мы - с удовольствием послушаем!

"The Dream"

Ice-vajal.com (8/10)

The band was founded early 2003 and had to go through changes as almost every band. This single was recorded by singer Anastasia Ligotskaya and Daniel Seriy who played guitar, bass, keyboards and the drum programming. Meanwhile they could complete the line-up. With heavy riffing they start into The Dream, but it gets a symphonic touch due to the keyboards. For me more a mix of melodic death metal and symphonic black metal, partly with clear vocals of Anastasia Ligotskaya, but also with growls. But you can also find other elements, the guitar solo towards the end seems to be influenced by neo-classical metal and that part also has a progressive edge! The second tune is called Breaking Test and they get more progressive! But then head into a melodic death metal part with symphonic keyboards, breaks and complex structures. Very interesting, but I think, if they would use more clean vocals and less growls they would be attractive to a broader audience. Actually it's tough to describe their sound, coz they combine different elements and manage to create a homogenous sound. As this single is a free download, just check them out!