I never have heard of this British band before, although the info reveals that THE ENCHANTED released an album called Trust In Death And Rebirth two years ago. Well, then I have to use this EP as my first point of contact …

For Those Who Fall ... emerges as a quite unrespectful work, since these four young Brits hardly care about any musical borders. Due to the visual appearance I assumed to find the band ranging either in Gothic fields or in Pagan Metal fields. But kicking off with Where Fires Burn I got served a powerful Death/Thrash mixture. Both stylistic influences sound pretty old school. While riffs get skillfully mixed there is still enough room left for a pounding middle part. In-between again one will find blast parts as well as slight Black Metal tendencies. As you may assume it sometimes sounds quite confusing. The same I can tell about The Way Of The Warrior, but here clean singing displays another side of variety. A feat, since both guitarists share the vocals (but I don’t know who has which part). Anyway, In A Dream … is likewise heavy, yet hectic at times, while the closing track Under The Hall Of The Moon dwells in a mid-tempo area, turning out much more melodic. Unfortunately I cannot deny the fact that the riffing is anything than inventive and the lead guitars pretty lame, although the technical aspect is quite ok.

Concerning enthusiasm, power and the pleasure to play THE ENCHANTED know how to convince, but talking about compositions and arrangements there is still a lot to improve. I guess the next album will shed light on if the gents are able to eliminate weaknesses and focus on the essence. So far I think a rating of 6,5 is adequate.