The definition of tinnitus is "any ringing or buzzing in the ear not resulting from an external stimulus." Not sure why they call themselves this, maybe they like to crank up the volume in their practice pad? Anyway this band has it together musically; they sound very professional. There are only three songs on the disc which is unfortunate because it only ends up lasting twelve minutes. I guess you could call this death metal but you can't really just pigeonhole it there because the band will just break into an acoustic interlude and if there wasn't a death metal vocalist, you could just as well call it heavy metal. To be honest I wish Tinnitus just used clean vocals as the death metal vocals become tedious after a while. And this is coming from someone who loves death metal! His voice just doesn't go with the music. I do like the music though, it is great although I can only listen to it so many times before I get tired of it - but again that's mostly because there are only three songs. It's hard to listen to the same three songs again and again. I'm looking forward to checking out their future releases.
5/10
Other coverage for this album
HM Magazine #83Reviewed by Doug Van PeltHere's some joyous noise from Finland -- beautiful guitar picking, solid, precise drumming, quick chording between bass and guitars, and a low-end growl to peel the formica off your kitchen table! I think the band classified their music as "imagine Dream Theater with Steve Rowe handling lead vocals." That's not too far off the mark. The busy drumming accents any breaks between the tight guitar…Art for the Ears 2000Reviewed by Marco PovervestTinnitus is a Finnish four-piece that delivered this CD with three death metal songs. The songs have a variety of sounds and influences including acoustic parts and neatly played guitar solos. Both the guitarist and the drummer are working hard to get the songs rolling. There's talent in the band which perhaps is displayed best in Crucified. The sound quality could be a little better, though it's…Dead Zine 1999Reviewed by D_ListerWell I really like this CD, straight off the bat I felt I needed to say that. After all the biggest downfall is that it's just a 3 song CD EP and lasts but twelve minutes. If that's going to be the biggest problem I better come out and say I like it. The music is really good, varying from death to thrash to nice melodic metal pieces to some acoustic parts that are very tastefully intertwined into…
