Frozen Inside

Description

Frozen Inside is a studio album by the Finnish symphonic metal band HB, released on Bullroser Records in April 2008. It’s basically the English version of their 2006-release Enne, featuring new cover artwork and lyrics in English.

HB is symphonic metal. The production is super clean, and the metallic chugging is rounded out with tons of strings and choral vocals. This is very pretty metal that has the potential to appeal to people who normally don’t dig the metal. The band’s biggest asset is, of course, singer Johanna. Her voice is gorgeous and her vocals are consistently clear and engaging. So, not only is this pretty but catchy too!

The lyrics are very interesting. Take away the music and replace it with acoustic guitars and bongos and you would have a modern worship album. These lyrics would fit into a church service no problem. This is odd for metal. One could call it a metal worship album. That’s pretty cool. I find myself listening to this not when I want metal, but when I want alternative sounding worship. The band even takes out to preach a salvation message in track 9, «Way». There is no doubt where their hearts are. I look forward to the next English HB album, due out later this year. [Noah Salo, The Phantom Tollbooth, 2009]

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CD tracklist:

01. Intro (Holy One) – 0:45
02. God Has All Glory – 5:59
03. It Is Time – 3:49
04. Be Aware – 5:42
05. Holy Secret – 5:48
06. Frozen Inside – 6:05
07. Years Go By – 5:47
08. Ambition – 3:52
09. Way – 5:48
10. Lovesong – 6:01

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