(review) A Dance in Yellow – Madness and Blood

A Dance in Yellow is a one man band or project if you want, hailing from Germany. This opus is the second full length and it contains intro and outro plus nine more stories told as songs. The music of A Dance in Yellow is basically melodic death black metal with lost of prog metal influences here and there and impressive musicianship, especially guitar work and vocals which range from death metal growling to black metal extreme singing and screeching, also some almost gothic singing I can hear in some song parts. Lyrical side of things is somehwere in Robert W.Chambers and H.P.Lovecraft influenced atmosphere of horror and listening to this one almost made me physically feel the cosmic horror and ancient ones lurking upon mankind. Atmosphere is vital with endeavors like this opus and here A Dance in Yellow manage to create a horror like prey upon unsuspecting individual listening to this opus. So, close your eyes, open your darkened hearts and souls, look to the sky, see the stars aligned and enter the world of bleak darkness and pain, but also enlightenment. Personal favorites: Fire and Steel, Born of the Ancients, Torn Apart.

8/10

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New lyric video: Mudfight – Another Boy!

After their first single Baby! Hey! already reached more than 10,000 streams on Spotify on the day of ist release, Mudfight follow up and deliver their very personal, but also universal answer to the pain of betrayal with Another Boy.
 
The single deals with the themes of cheating and jealousy. “Then I saw you with another boy! Are you cheating on me?” The lyrics speak to anyone who has ever had to go through this kind of heartbreak and ideally helps those who are still trying to mend the shards of their broken hearts. The numerous sophisticated harmonies make the track an exceptional, modern pop-punk anthem that exudes summer vibes and early 2000s nostalgia in equal measure. The accompanying lyric video in Mudfight’s signature colors of white, black and red expertly underscores the single’s message.
 
Another Boy is the second single from Mudfight’s upcoming debut album Time For Revolution, which will be released on July 15, 2022 on SBÄM Records.

Line-Up: 
Max „Max Nine“ Weidinger – Lead Vocals  
Leo „Bonsai“ Weidinger – Bass, Vocals
Alex Lausegger – Guitar, Vocals  
Olly Veit – Guitar  
Dominik Neugebauer – Drums

(movie) Soaring Highs and Brutal Lows – The Voices of Women in Metal (2015)

I recently found this documentary and since I am a sucker for music documentaries, I said, let´s watch this one and see what this is about. Like in hardcore punk scene, metal scene is, I dare say even more sexist and misoginistic towards women and girls really had a hard time through couple of decades to succeed and be respected and recognized as artists equal and even better than their male counterparts.

This documentary talks about women, to be more precise women metal singers who talk bout their experiences and their accomplishments in the scene with their stories which are in many ways similar, yet different and inspiring, also beautiful. This one features Floor Jansen(After Forever,Nightwish,ReVamp), Alissa White-Gluz(Arch Enemy, Kamelot), Simone Simons(Epica), Doro Pesch(Doro, Warlock), Kobra Paige(Kobra and the Lotus)…What I love about this movie that it is told thematically telling basically same story from different angles or points of view at the same time creating similar story but told through the eyes of women who became such undivided part of the scene. I especially love the emotional part of Floor Jansen having suffered from burnout because I experienced something similar a while ago. Also, Alissa White-Gluz is one of my favorite singers, so hearing her story made me happy. What I always hated in the scene were flyers and adds or gigs which advertized ‘female fronted metal band’ or ‘female fronted hardcore band’-I mean, what the fuck is that? I always, always hated that syntagm which I find diminishing and sexist and I hope no one will ever use that again. Anyway, this movie was inspiring and fun to watch. So, if you have a chance, see it!