Review by ZeroSymbolic7188 for Trail of Tears - Bloodstained Endurance (2009)

This is a tale of two vocalists. On one hand you have a female singer that is undeniably special, her voice is rich in quality with range and power. On the other hand you have a male singer who is sub-standard, and when he is put next to her on the same album the end result makes him feel worse than he probably actually is-because of being next to her. What happens then is that it's delightful when she is handling the vocal duty, but every time the man comes in with that generic growl it sucks all the charisma out of the performance. This album for me was just waiting for the guy to shut up so I could hear the lady sing. As far as the band goes, it's just adequate-there are no world beating technicians or particularly innovative tones on display. For me it's just average but if the male vocal doesn't irritate you as much as it did me, then you might like this in an above average sort of way. It comes down to him vs her.