Essentia

Bad Karma
by Scott Hefflon

A three-song mini-CD (literally, it’s one of those 3″ things) from an unsigned Finnish band. Don’t know why people keep pressing the “metal” angle, cuz they’re melodic rock. Not trendy like Nickleback, but “heavy” like that, not heavy like Meshuggah. The closer is a tender acoustic tune, for fuck’s sake. It’s drippy, but they’re young and mean well, and the other two songs are a lot better. Sure, get ’em on the mp3 comp and see what they can do Stateside.
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