Korea : For The Present Purpose CD

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Korea
For The Present Purpose

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Category: Rock / Pop	UPC#: 7320470103753	Format: CD
Release: December 02, 2008	Stock: Available	Avg. Rating:
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Here you will get to experience Swedish rising stars, korea. A concept that was created during long moments of silence and full thrust jam sessions. Koreas sound can be described as a journey in different music styles with a Swedish melancholic spine. In essence, a beautiful array of harmonies and melodies, combined with a heavy rhythmic section, all tighten together with silky smooth vocals. Hard hitting catchy songs, without ever being even close to generic. korea is breaking new ground with the release of their debut CD "For the present purpose". The team of korea created a sound that has no continent boundaries.

1. Insufficient Karma

2. Sthlm Psycho

3. Save Your Pain

4. Self Deception

5. Above

6. Rebound

7. Me Vs You

8. It's Over

9. Gphh38

10. Growing Apathy

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Anonymous Reviewer - 04/05/2009

With a dashof HIM´s romantic despair and a strong whiff of the transcendental musings of A Perfect Circle.
Stockholm´s Korea succeed where many bands fail. Put simply, they´ve got just as many strong melodies as they have spiralling lead guitars. The only snag is that some of the best ideas here are seemingly still on loan from both Mer de Noms and Aenima. Grittier moments like the industrial-tinged GPHH38 do help free this outing from the colossal shadow of Maynard´s back catalouge.
Plus when you hear them in full swing on Self Deception, there´s no doubt that Korea are a very welcome addition to the more melodic end of the metal spectrum.

Anonymous Reviewer - 02/23/2009

Korea was formed in Stockholm back in 2003 and this is their first album. Believe me, this is a good band! The bandname is a bit tough if you want to look 'em up on google though. Their bio tells me that they can be compared to bands such as Tool, A Perfect Circle and NIN. And even though the guitars at the opening of the song 'Rebound' are totally similar to 'Pet' by APC, I would like to stop comparing right there.

Not that I don't want to give them these credits, it's just that I don't think the comparisons are in place. If you want a comparison, listen to In The Dark by Face Tomorrow. But besides all this, this is just not really a band I like to compare, because they have a good defining sound! It's just good alternative metal here, maybe too soft for the diehard metalfans, but if you're into bands mentioned before and maybe some emo here and there, you will definetely like Korea as well.

The things that stand out are the good original vocals and the great drumming. Dennis knows when to relax and he knows when to show off. Guitars are good and do what they're expected to do and the overall production is really good! Highlights: 'Me vs You' and a definite highlight on the album is 'GPHH38'!!! But 37 minutes for 10 songs is a bit on the short side guys, but keep it up!

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