SIN CRUZ – Enter The Unknown (2017)
SIN CRUZ is another young, and very good, melodic hard rock band from Sweden presenting their debut album “Enter The Unknown“. And this couldn’t be a more appropriate title, as everything about this 4-piece is a mystery.
Nope, this is not a publicity strategy. I don’t know why, but Sin Cruz has the worst promotion plan I’ve seen in many time. There’s no press kit, no bio, no band members name! Not even at their official Facebook.
A shame, because their “Enter The Unknown” album is very, very well crafted.
Yes, this is an indie release and perhaps you guess there’s a little budget for promotion… well, let me tell you this recording sounds terrific and not low-budget at all.
“Enter The Unknown” was recorded at the famous Studio Titan in Sweden, and Sin Cruz shared the facility with Crazy Lixx while taping their forthcoming album. And seems some well known producers / engineer that were around helped Sin Cruz with the record.
The result is a fresh, punchy, very well composed and recorded album titled “Enter The Unknown”. The band coincidence into the studio with Crazy Lixx seems a life’s fate, as Sin Cruz’s style is pretty similar to them.
In short, the new breed of Scandinavian Melodic Hard Rock sound.
Useful references could be title track ‘Enter The Unknown’ with Shiraz Lane-like sharp guitar on it, the more melodic ‘Mechanical Heart’ some NiteRain or Santa Cruz (Finland), ‘Burning Bridges’ reminds me of ToxicRose, ‘Shadows Above’ some BlackRain, and so on…
The midtempo ‘Unchained’ wouldn’t be out of place on the recent Confess album, ‘One’ add a little Crashdiet sleaze, while ‘Threnody’ some Hardcore Superstar.
You get the picture, right?
Silently released by themselves, “Enter The Unknown” certainly deserves more exposure.
Sin Cruz sounds mature, tight, focused in songwriting and quite solid at the instrumentation, with very good lead vocals and as mentioned, wrapped by a bright production on par with ‘big labels’ releases.
I hope these guys found a good manager soon, as they are destined for bigger things.
Highly Recommended
01 – Enter The Unknown
02 – Mechanical Heart
03 – Burning Bridges
04 – Shadows Above
05 – Unchained
06 – One
07 – Avalon
08 – Threnody
09 – Horizon
BUY IT !
itunes.apple.com/us/album/enter-the-unknown/id1207673891
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