I have to confess, THROES OF DAWN is a band that passed me completely disregarded. And I only picked up The Great Fleet Of Echoes after our writer Stormlord recommended this album to me.
The meanwhile fifth album of the Finns is captivating, hauntingly beautiful and of a dark tranquility. But there are also parts on this record offering some serene moments that actually appears to be pretty croony. Soft Whispers Of The Chemical Sun is such song that also reminds me of British folk song Scarborough Fair. When it comes to the acoustic parts I on the other hand get Agalloch in mind, especially as in Lethe.
The Great Fleet Of Echoes is a gentle album. It still owns rocking guitar work but I even would not call it Metal anymore. Dark Rock perhaps. The Great Fleet Of Echoes has for sure its great moments and I love to listen to it, but after several runs I wish THROES OF DAWN would rock out a little bit more, would be heavier and more Metal-like as they do in Velvet Chokehold and in the refrains of We Have Ways To Hurt You and the title-track. This all embracing sweet temper is a little bit annoying and sees the band still caught between two stools stylistically.