Wichita, Kansas based metal merchants Seasons After see their debut album 'Through Tomorrow' finally get an official UK release.

With their cover of 'Cry Little Sister' (Theme from The Lost Boys) proving to be something of a hit for them, they have resisted the chance to milk this by...ahem.....putting two versions of the song on 'Through Tomorrow', the standard electric version and an acoustic version, with the former just edging out the latter. Now there's no doubt that if you are of a certain age then hearing this song will raise the hairs on the back of your neck (and, after repeated plays of this album, I'm in danger of looking like a portly hedgehog) but no cover of this song, no matter how popular, will ever come close to the majesty of the original version by Gerard McMann, the UK born songwriter who would move to Wichita, Kansas (spooky!!) before writing a killer track on the legendary 'Unmasked' album by Kiss.

Recording a good version of something that has been done better before is, unfortunately, a theme that runs deeply through this debut album. Seasons After are fashioned in that Atreyu/Avenged Sevenfold/Killswitch Engage mould, smashing together moments of skull crushing heaviness with bursts of infectious melody and, while this album is as well produced and polished as the band could have hoped, it doesn't really offer anything that sets it apart from the bands who have laid the groundwork for this style of hard hitting metal previously.

Opener 'Some Things Burn' kicks things off in apocalyptic fashion with its Layne Staley style vocals and circle pit inciting drum and riff explosion and it's at moments like this when you think that Seasons After could really be contenders....but they follow it up with too many moments of heard-it-all-before over-familiarity. First single '11:11' has a big chorus that would be sure to get jock rock fans throwing over-priced beer over each other at an anaemic arena metal gig, for example.

There is certainly a place for bands like Seasons After in the metal world, though that place may consist of pulling punters into gigs when the real big boys of their chosen genre are out of town. 'Through Tomorrow' is a spirited, well executed debut that is sure to garner a slew of nu fans but the band will have to shell out for five pairs of built up metal shoes to really stand shoulder to shoulder with their contemporaries.

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