Review of Blacknurse - Light Across the Void
Light Across the Void is where Blacknurse's different sides seem to have finally found a workable balance. The alternative-metal foundation is still there, along with the goth and punk influences, but Teemu's heavier songwriting has pushed the music further into metal territory. Johanna's voice keeps it from becoming just another heavy rock record. Her vocals are probably the first thing that gives the band its own face. There is something fragile about the delivery, but she can also push the heavier material when necessary. That contrast works particularly well with the darker songs. Blacknurse don't need to bury everything under distortion to make it sound heavy. The Finnish melancholy is impossible to miss either, although the band themselves are perfectly happy with that description. Fair enough. It isn't some marketing sticker slapped onto the music afterwards. The sadness is already part of the songwriting, and the lyrics deal with loneliness, mental-health p...
