Nowen – Essence of Fear

Releasedate: 11-01-2012; Label: Violent Journey
By: Sabine van Gameren

Nowen started as Mikko Lappalainen’s solo project in 1999. He made one demo titled “From Birth to Death” by himself before he teamed up with some more musicians and came to what Nowen is nowadays. Anno 2012 the band comes with their second full length release “Essence of Fear”.

A combination of Death and Thrash with a melodic edge, “Essence of Fear” certainly got a slight touch of the great Melodic bands their country has. This works out well for them as they kept in modesty and do not allow the melodics to take over the purpose of it all. The band has a lot of strength within their compositions, having some moments of rest in which you could truly find the time to appreciate the instrumental part of their music and they set this right across the vehemence with which you get dragged along with the passion they have put into it.
Nowen is maybe not bringing you something new, it has some interesting parts into their sounds and some solo’s that can keep you listening for some times and overall it sticks together pretty well. Therefor this band gives you an good extension for your collection, worth to try!

Line up:
Jarno Nurmi – Bass
Ville Vehviläinen – Drums
Markus Taipale – Guitar
Mikko Lappalainen – Vocals, Guitar

Tracklist: 01. Intro II 02. The Egotist 03. The Inner Beast 04. Crown of Fallacy 05. Path of Destruction 06. Sacrifice for Nothing 07. Deadly Force 08. The Honor 09. Acts of Deceit 10. Corrupted by Poison 11. Essence of Fear

Links:
Nowen Official