Dyonisis - Dyonisis (English version)

They're coming from nowhere, but they're playing really good music. "From nowhere", as - even if they exist since 2005 - they're not signed to any record label and their first CD was finally self-released not so long time ago. It's not surprising then, that even if they're based in Sheffield (in the heart of their fatherland), they're still deep underground.

Dyonisis amazes the listener with the attention to details. And it amazes with the beauty of the music. The band is a quartet, half of which is based on Nel Cave and Lou Welsby. It's Nel who's singing the main melodies and we must admit, that she's very talented; Lou is helping her with really angelic harmonies (plus, she plays piano too). The other two parts of the band are Tom Chaffer (guitars and programming) and Macus Cave (bass guitar). Dyonisis does not have a drummer and it's easy to hear that all the rhythm section (except bass of course :) comes from the computer. Not to worry though, as this is really not a problem here. Maybe because of the fact that music from this new album does not fit into the standard rock genre. The pallette of sounds reminds us more about gothic rock, although it's not the same type of stuff you'll hear from Epica, Within Temptation or Nightwish. There's not so much rock here, and most of it got changed for spiritual and ethereal, sophisticated, angelic sounds.

The main good thing to say about Dyonisis are the vocal parts. "Pretty at a distance" shows great vocal capabilities of Nel and Lou. Good stuff! Sometimes you can hear a little bit of Fleetwood Mac or All About Eve - we were even finding ourselves hearing The Gathering or The Cranberries in some parts. But these are just fragments, which together blends into a concept quite hard to define - from pop to almost opera or atmospheric rock. Music is melanholic, but goes into trip-hop and darker (and sometimes sweet) pop from time to time. Songs such as (the best in our opinion) "Rainy day" will take you to more epic landscapes. The temperature raises with every minute of this almost 10 minutes long song. And, to our biggest surprise, all the various bits are mixed together very well, cooperating with each other almost perfectly. Therefore, Dear Listener, please don't be surprised by finding out that unknown Dyonisis is a band which will thrill you by taking you to the world of beautiful, dreamy sounds.