Metalhead Community Reviews Follow the Embers
A promising interpretation of a one-man-orchestra project, incorporating heavy ambiance with gothic, progressive, and industrial rock influences, complemented by fascinating acoustic and heavy guitar work.
Grimoire of Oak & Shadow Review by Metal Bite
What can I say, Grimoire Of Oak & Shadow turned out to be such a pleasant and magical experience worth the while, and I can definitely say that it was incredibly life-changing.
Metal Sucks Feature
The goth sonic veneer and Peter Steele-esque vocals are the perfect wrapper for the song’s lyrical intent, making for a track that’s at once morose and uplifting.
The Metal Crypt Reviews Ending Life Slowly
Dan Mitchell has produced a work that is deeply evocative of albums like October Rust – unquestionably Type O’s best work – and thus steps entirely out of anything that could be called Death Metal to produce a definitive Gothic album.
GBHBL Reviews Ending Life Slowly
Ending Life Slowly is an album well worth checking out, the variation in styles & sounds doesn’t over-shadow what is a thrilling blend of melodic metal, gothic tone & some industrial elements.
Interviewing Autumns Eyes Slowly: A Conversation With Dan Mitchell
I definitely left my apartment and flew back to my home state to grill the band’s only member, Dan Mitchell, about the present, the past and the future. The conversation below totally took place over a resplendent dinner of turkey club sandwiches and boxed Shiraz and was in no part conducted via e-mail.
GBHBL Exclusive Track Premiere – Your Last Day
Just in time for Halloween, melodic metal outfit Autumns Eyes returns with latest opus Ending Life Slowly, which ruminates on the darker and more macabre aspects of human existence.
No Clean Singing Exclusive Track Premiere – Open Your Eyes, Not Your Wrists
Rather than a depressive track, “Open Your Eyes, Not Your Wrists” surges with energy right from the start, with spectral keyboard notes bouncing over a rocking backbeat and a jabbing riff.
Daily Dead Exclusive Cover Reveal
Every fall she dies, only to be resurrected in the spring. The seasonal cycle of Mother Nature is a beautiful thing to behold, but perhaps most gorgeous—and haunting—is the time of year when her leaves crunch underfoot and the nights grow longer.
Autumns Eyes Named Best Band In Connecticut
Autumn’s Eyes was just the band we needed to add some variety to our hunt for the best unsigned band in the US.
The Metal Crypt Reviews Broken Leaves and Haunted Streets
Listening to Broken Leaves and Haunted Streets is like listening to the coolest Gothic/Power Metal horror movie soundtrack you’ll ever hear.
MetalUnderground.com Reviews Broken Leaves and Haunted Streets
Taking music written a decade back, sole member Dan Mitchell has re-recorded five previously unreleased songs with the knowledge and experience of 10 years in the metal scene.
Metal Reviews: Please Deceive Me
Any band can take Dracula and throw metal behind it (see Iced Earth’s excellent Horror Show), but to create a metal album that leans more on the atmospheric side supported by conservative yet accomplished riff work and stellar lyrical content, conveyed in a crisp clean voice that is both soothing and sinister? That is currently the realm of Autumns Eyes.
The Metal Crypt Reviews Please Deceive Me
It blows away most of the Gothic Metal albums out there today. It isn’t often I get to hear something different on my journey as a reviewer and when I do “different” usually equals “crap.” Not so with Please Deceive Me from Autumns Eyes. You can color me highly impressed.
Please Deceive Me Reviewed by Metal Underground
The long wait is finally over, so fans can get ready to inject a new dose of Danny Elfman-meets-symphonic metal directly into their ear drums and continue to be blown away by the ever evolving sound that is Autumns Eyes.
MetalUnderground.com Reviews Abandoned Expression
Abandoned Expression’ is an album that not only effortlessly breaks genre boundaries, but also legitimately earns that often overused title of ‘progressive.
The Metal Crypt
Surrender the Fire is well executed and accomplishes its goal of being creepy and evil. The melodic aspects make it a great jumping off point for people like me, who listen mainly to Power Metal, to explore some of the other genres of metal and to discover a larger world of music.
MetalUnderground.com
Surrender The Fire is an amazing symphonic black metal composition that was clearly scrutinized over and carefully arranged so that each sound went in exactly the place it was meant to go.
Autumns Eyes Chats About Upcoming EP
As we near the release date, Dan got in touch with Metalunderground to chat about “Broken Leaves and Haunted Streets,” along with a nerdly talk about upcoming epic movies, anthology horror flicks, and movie scores.
MetalUnderground.com Interview
New England one man band Autumns Eyes has recently started offering five albums for free download in celebration of the band’s 10th anniversary. The project also recently shot a music video for the song “Feast of the Dead” in a classic slasher movie style. Autumns Eyes mastermind Dan spoke with me about the band’s recent activity and his take on the horror movie genre.
The Metal Crypt
The reception for Please Deceive Me has been overall a quite positive response, and has opened up doors for fans both old and new. I wanted to provide an album that was different from what people have been hearing today in the metal community, and judging by the responses it’s gotten I’d say mission accomplished.
