Century Media
2006
Lust Stained Despair
About This Album
Whatever his ambitions for it at the time, few listeners viewed Poisonblack's 2003 debut, Escapexstacy, as anything more than a casual, vanity project where Sentenced singer Ville Laihila could show off his guitar playing skills. But, with that storied Finnish metal group's supposedly terminal demise in 2005, the project's' graduation to full-fledged "band" status automatically imparted an entirely heavier load of expectations upon the following year's sophomore effort, Lust Stained Despair. Wisely, Laihila surrounded himself with an entirely new cast of musicians to help face this challenge, but there's only so much focus they can take off his shoulders while he remains Poisonblack's singer, lead guitarist, main songwriter, and only marquee name -- unless one considers keyboardist Marco Sneck's involvement with Kalmah to count for something. Actually, perhaps one should, as Sneck's always timely yet never overwhelming keyboard parts often make the difference here, lending just the right tone of gothic melancholy to album standouts like "Hollow Be My Name," "The Darkest Lie" and "Nail " -- a quality which remaining, predominantly mid-paced and personality-free rockers like "Nothing Else Remains" and "Raivotar" sorely lack.
Track List (try tracks 1,4,9 and 10)

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