Acelsia "Don't Go Where I Can't Follow"

Country: Norway
Sub Genre: Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Alternative
Label: Quietude
Release date: January 7, 2013
Tracklist: 

1. Roads (3:25)
2. Stitches (3:42)
3. Up On The Roof (4:38)
4. The Most Important Fight (2:35)
5. The Mender (4:11)
6. Blue Knell (4:08)
7. Haven (3:38)
8. Hold My Breath (2:26)
9. Before I Fall (3:40)
10. Another Day (5:02)
11. Left Alone (4:13)

Line-up: 
Malene Markussen (piano and vocals)
Odd Henning Skyllingstad (guitars, bass, programming and percussions)

Description/Reviews: 

 The band, or should that be duo, have really hit the nail firmly on the head delivering a precise, melodic, addictive and infectious album that is full of emotion, an album that is perfect in its presentation. If I was asked to describe the perfect album that was melodic, melancholic, that had slight progressive tendencies and metal leanings that would appeal to a wide audience then, people, this is the album...

The presentation still calls to mind The Cranberries but with more musical masculinity without losing fragility; Shellyz Raven but with more class and Evanescence but with more style. In fact if you took all the best parts of those said artists and added a hint of Buffy Sainte Marie then you would be somewhere in the ballpark. Acelsia don't emulate those artists or offer homage, they definitely have a style of their own and can also write stunning songs; here they deliver an album that is full of killers and absolutely no fillers, eleven immaculately composed and presented songs that offer diversity, one minute powerful, the next sedate and ethereal, a perfect recipe.

Read the full review by John O'Boyle at dprp.net

Media/Samples 
Hold my breath

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