Genre: Metalcore
Origin: Sweden
Released: 2006
Website: Tinkerbell
Label: -
Uploaded: 19.03.07

I have to admit that this demo had me instantly intrigued, within just a couple of seconds of airtime. It was a powerful and heavy riffing that had my ears firmly focused on what would happen next; this could go off into so many different directions. Will it be death metal, crustcore, grindcore, what� And what followed was a potent dose of metalcore of the more brutal kind. Suddenly it tuned out into melodic death metal � la Soilwork and In Flames, only to burst out once again, clearing its path of all melody. Now I utterly despise both previously mentioned bands. I�ve had (well, still have in some cases) friends that love the shit, but to me it�s just plain shit. So I actually did have a very hard time listening to it as soon as the initial blow-off ended and my adrenaline settled. But no matter what, the blood came rushing through my veins once again and this time I was the one bursting out into a raging fury of air drumming and headbanging. And the reason for that was the absolutely bone-breaking, spine-splintering last 40 seconds of the opening track Kill, Grieve, Beg. And I have yet to listen to that part without ending up in a mental and physical moshpit. The slick guitars, hammering bass, pounding drums creates a high-class mosh-friendly breakdown, while the vocals goes from frenzied screaming to haunting growling to raging screams to� I�m exhausted just thinking about it to tell you the truth. It�s just some of the best stuff I�ve heard in a long, long time. Anyway, this just takes me past the first song, so I�ll try not to be so elaborate for the remaining 18 minutes of the demo.
As already established this is metalcore, drawing influences from both thrash and death metal as well as doom, while standing firmly in the mosh area of hardcore. Now this is not my favourite genre, and I don�t really get the rave about Mnemic, one of Tinkerbell�s biggest influences if you�re to believe the band itself. And who am I to question. So what does this have to offer to a sceptic like myself? Well, my mind flickers on and off while this disc�s spinning. The ultra-heavy metalcore parts actually does it for me this time. It�s extremely potent writing and instrument handling, and the vocals can be harsh-as-hell if this guy Harald just wants to. But then the ultra-melodic, clean vocaled parts set in and the impact fades out, only to end up in a nu-metal like composition. I mean, they should definitely not skip melody all together, that�s not what I�m saying. But come one, In Dreams have way too long passages of clean vocals. Strangely enough it works out just fine in Can�t Cry.
Whew, this is turning out to be one of the longest reviews I�ve written as of yet, and I still have so much more to say about this band. It�s extremely intriguing and interesting, but I�ll try to stop. The sound is great, clean and crisp without over-doing it. And I dare to be so bold as to say I detect a slight At the Gates influence in B.S.. A treat for the ears!

Tracklist:
01. Kill, grieve, beg
02. Cloudburst
03. B.S.
04. In dreams
05. Can�t cry