Tim's Favourite

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Tim's Favourite has always been around, at least in the mind of its founding father, Jan Pauwels (and actuallly the initial name of the band was Heart of Darkness, but that has no significance whatsoever for the rest of the story). The first outing was situated around 1992, with a rather frantic thrashmetal prelude, which is actually not yet entirely finished. Over the years, however, the songs became a little bit more melodious and, what did you expect, undefinably unique. Yep. So far, all attempts at pinpointing, once and for all, that typical TF-sound, have proven utterly futile. Many audacious souls have tried, none really succeeded. As Popjournalist Ron Van Hal once put it: "Not surprisingly: this trio brings a modern and catchy combination of interestingly composed metal and grunge, which occasionally reminds me of Korn and Tool." Or Peter De Lobel: "[...] this trio immediately rings heavy bells à la Tool and Alice in Chains, but sticking to that, would testify to sonorous laziness." And how about this one: "Tim's Favourite plays modern rock with nu-metal influences but also slow, almost doomy passages. It all sounds original and it's almost impossible to find a musical flag that covers Tim's Favourite's cargo." Irish sounding vocals (yep!), folky guitars and ingenious bassplaying, amongst others, are not rarely evoked to illustrate the far-beyond-metal nature of Tim's favourite beast.

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