SUMMARY: RUNNING TIME: 56:00 Min.
Released in 2011 by Napalm Records Handels GMBH, The Quiet Resistance is the Dutch goth metal/rock band Nemesea’s third studio album.
Including its spooky title prologue and a bonus track, Nemesea’s album sports fourteen tracks. The Quiet Resistance consists of:
- The Quiet Resistance (guest vocals: Gerben Verhaar) (0:52)
- Caught in The Middle (4:49)
- Afterlife (3:12)
- Whenever (3:31)
- If You Could (guest piano: Joost van den Brock) (3:54)
- High Enough (guest vocals: Charlotte Wessels) (4:13)
- Say (4:04)
- It’s Over (guest vocals: Marcus Klavan & guest turntables: Matt Litwin) (3:59)
- I Live (guest piano: Joost van den Brock) (4:31)
- Stay With Me (3:48)
- Rush (5:27)
- Release Me (3:40)
- 2012 (5:58)
- Allein (guest vocals: Heli Reissenweber) (3:58).
REVIEW:
It’s a compliment describing Nemesea as a Western European answer to Evanescence, as far as their very similar goth takes on energizing symphonic metal/rock. 2011’s The Quiet Resistance supplies ample evidence, as lead singer Manda Ophuis matches Evanescence’s Amy Lee one haunting vocal after another. If compared, the substance of Ophuis and Lee’s vocals frankly sound almost identical.
Case in point: Tracks # 8 (“High Enough”) and especially # 3 (“Afterlife”) sound as if they came directly off Evanescence’s 2003 album, Fallen. Still, Ophuis and her bandmates surpass any stigma as Evanescence copycats with consistently high-caliber performances and sufficient originality throughout this album. These tracks topping out at a nearly an hour’s running time, impressively, don’t wear out their welcome.
The Quiet Resistance, accordingly, merits a chance for re-discovery as a classy entry in the symphonic metal/rock genre.
PACKAGING:
The CD is well-secured in its casing, as its advertising appears accurate. The individual track running times aren’t disclosed. The slickly produced insert includes each track’s lyrics – with the exception of the title prologue. Atmospheric band photos, credits, and thank-you’s are also provided.
BRIAN’S ODD MOON RATING: 8 Stars
