"Here" Review"
Mohawk Paper
By Catherine Weddum Mohawk Entertainment Editor

I was quite suprised when hearing Here for the first time, that the first song is instrumental. Its not often that you hear good quality instrumental music. Sometimes frankly, it is just noise that you can headbang to.

Suprise number two: I could actually hear Rob's voice and make out every word on the album. I found this pleasantly refreshing, as sometimes rock singers scream so loud and the distortion is so high that you dont know what they are going on about. The angst and emotion was still there but so were the words.

If I had to compare Cyanide Kiss to anyone, I would say if you took Nirvana and the Smashing Pumpkins and morphed them together, you might come close to the sound of the kiss. There is more melody and softer tones in some of the songs like "Losing" and "So Simple". But other songs like Still Apart and "Lost" have more of a Cobain influence.