Goth influenced, female fronted rock bands are currently all the rage round Europe. Nightwish, Within Temptation, Epica, Evanescence, Stream Of Passion & Leave's Eyes to name but a few have all found success over the last few years sticking mainly to the same basic formula and that formula has now spread to Australia thanks to Melbourne's Temujin who are, indeed, a goth influenced hard rock band with a female vocalist.

Temujin do however have a few things going for them over much of the competition. Vocalist Kelly has a really crystal clear rock voice and doesn't resort to the operatic stylings like many of her contemparies. Likewise the music itself, whilst still very much in the gothic mould, refrains in the main from having to many classic overtones leading to a more direct driving hard rock flavour.  It make take some time to get into the listener but when it does, it's there to stay.

100 Tears is certainly one of the better debut efforts to hit the HRH decks in recent times with highlights including the opener Fine Me ,the title track 1000 Tears,  Sheltered and the excellent up-tempo All Of You.  As I stated earlier there are a lot of female front bands around and hence a lot of competition in the field Temujin have chosen to plough but Trejuim, like their name sake,  are only a few steps away from success  just needing the right record company and producer to push them further.

Contact: www.myspace.com/temujin1

Track Listing

Fine Me
1000 Tears
So Near
Let You Go
Spiral
Down
Blue Jay
Taken
Sheltered
Haunted
All of You
Throwing Stones
Heart And Soul

Line Up

Kelly - Vocals/keyboards
Karl Lean - Guitars/Bass/Drums
Buddy Snape - Guitars
Sham Hughes - Drums/Guitars