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There are times in a reviewers life that the inevitable happens. You get to review something you don’t really like… To start at the beginning, Eternal Tragedy is (on this demo) a two-man band consisting of the Italian Stefania Ponzilacqua (guitars, bass and vokills) and the Dutchman Iwan Hendrikx (drums). This is the bands’ second efford. So far, no sweat. When I put my CD in my player is where the problems begin. The demo consists of two long songs, ‘Eternal Tragedy’ and ‘Outside of Mercy’. They both have the same problems. According to the band their style has been compared to Dream Theater and Death, but I do not share this opinion. ET makes technical death metal with more ‘blackened’ vokills. The thing is, the band seems to be too intend on technical skill, and forgets about the songs. The riffs, though impressive, are not a ‘whole’, the songs don’t sound like SONGS! There are some vague parts that seem to be steerless, apparantly serving no purpose. The songs are also too long (6 min. 36 and 5 min. 52 respectively), halfway during the songs my thoughts drift to other things. As a whole, this demo sounds more like a long, complex jam instead of a true CD.

Is everything truly that bad??? Well obviously the two band members know how to handle their instuments, and the second song has some nice thrashy riffing in it. I think if they take a more set course, and focus on the songs, a third demo might be more to my liking. I suggest the two gentlemen listen to such bands as Visceral Bleeding for a while to hear how technical skill and songwriting can go hand in hand… For now, though, I’m not at all pleased with what I hear.

5/10 Points – reviewed by Bloodreaver

official Website: http://www.geocities.com/metalentity/Eternal_Tragedy.html

Towards the end of 1999,ETERNAL TRAGEDY started musical activity under the name of Metal ‘Til Death,an epic-classic metal influenced band,but nothing has ever been recorded under this name because a line up has never been found.In 2001 the first demo of ETERNAL TRAGEDY has fbeen recorded.DREAMWORLD and MURDER OF SOULS were the inally songs contained in it.The line up of that time was formed by Stefania Ponzilacqua,leader,guitarist and writer of all songs since the beginning,occasionally singer on Dreamworld,Valentina Ponzilacqua on bass,Alessandro Patelli on drums and Andrea M. on vocals;that line up broke up almost immediately,for musical incomprehensions.The first demo seemed to be very sperimental and demonstrative.Critics’ opinions had been divided by it:some said it was progressive comparing it to Dream Theater’s style,others said it was death metal,assigning to that work the mark of Death,particularly referring to Individual Thought Patterns.That demo got very nice reviews from USA,Argentina,Greece,Italy and Australia,where it has been broadcasted by the radio programme Musically Incorrect.All this helped Stefania to get interviews on webzines,magazines and newspapers from everywhere.At the end of 2002,beginning of 2003,Stefania composed other riffs,and even if without line up,she recorded two songs of hers,ETERNAL TRAGEDY and OUTSIDE OF MERCY for a new demo,VOICE OF INSTINCT,playing guitars,bass and singing as well,thanks to a sequenced metronome.This demo is more technic death metal oriented,not only fo all the guitar parts,but for the grunt sang parts as well.Due to the difficulty of the songs,only one year later Stefania finally found a drummer to complete the line up and to finish the recordings:Iwan Hendrikx. At the moment,Stefania is working on several songs for a full lenght. Contacts:metalentity@yahoo.com

official Website: http://www.geocities.com/metalentity/Eternal_Tragedy.html