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(new post – review) Crematory – Destination(ROAR/Rock Of Angels)

German gothic metal legends Crematory released their new record, if I am not mistaken it is already band’s seventeenth full length opus. What do we get here? 12 songs, one being awesome Type O Negative cover of My Girlfriend’s Girlfriend. The music Crematory plays is gothic metal with enough rawness and harsh vocals, courtesy of Felix Stass, who also passes from growls to clean vocals with such easiness, mixed with melodic keyboard passages of Katrin Jullich and some catchy guitar melodies and hooks. Some of the lyrics are in English, some are in German, personally, I like those in German a bit more. My favorites on this record are The Future Is A Lonely Place, Das Letzte Ticket, Welt Aus Glas and also My Own Private God. This is a good album if you like your gothic more metal and also gothic haha.

8/10

(novi post – recenzija) Ghost – Skeletá

Jedan od mojih omiljenih bendova, Ghost su se vratili novim albumom. Haha, kako se u stvarnom svijetu mijenja papa kršćana, tako se kao da su znali, izmijenili i Ghost papu frontmana, odnosno mastermind Tobias Forge je izmislio novi lik, Nameless Ghoulsi su dobili novi outfit i evo nam novih desetak pjesama. Lirikalno, album je sada nekako duboko osobniji, nema toliko okultnih i satanic tema, iako postoji pjesma Satanized koja je odabrana kao single, ali govori također o osobnim stvarima. Uz spomenutu, kao singleovi su još objavljeni Lachryma koja ima odličan refren uz skoro hard rock stadionski štih i meni jedna od omiljenih Peacefield sa savršenom melodijom i refrenom. Zarazne melodije su to što ovaj bend čine toliko dobrim. Ghost ne bi bio Ghost da nema i neku baladu na albumu, a to je jako pjevna Guiding Lights. De Profundis Borealis je opet malo žešća i melodična himna, dok mi se Cenotaph nije svidio baš toliko sa svojim up tempo malo prerokerskim ritmom i vibrom, kao da mi nešto fali ovoj pjesmi. Missilia Amori govori o ljubavnim raketama i uzbuđenjima oko love/hate relationshipa, uz još jedne zarazne gitarske melodije. Marks Of The Evil One je old school Ghost stvar kao na zadnja dva-tri albuma i jako mi se dopada i tekstualno, a i muzički. Umbra ima sjajne klavijaturske pasaže i podsjeća na osamdesete i sve hard rock bendove toga doba, kao i himnični refren i up tempo ritam, te gitaristički i klavijaturski duel na kraju pjesme. Umbra mi je dakako jedan od highlighta albuma. Tobijeve vokalne dionice su fenomenalne kao i na svakom albumu. Excelsis završava album ponovo u baladnom i pomalo misterioznom, ali nježnijem tonu. Može se reči da su Ghost opet izdali jedan odličan album, u istom rangu kao i prijašnji albumi, iako jače introspektivan od prijašnjih.

(news – new single) Finnish symphonic progressive metal band Dominant Chain to release Wasteland Requiem EP – the first single ‘Kissed by This Life’ out now!

Promo picture by Sami Kettunen

Finnish symphonic progressive metal band Dominant Chain, formed in 2006, is set to release their debut EP ‘Wasteland Requiem’ later this year via Inverse Records. The first single ‘Kissed by This Life’ is released today and it’s available on all essential streaming services: https://push.fm/fl/dominant-chain-kissed 

The band comments the single:
‘Kissed By This Life’ is the first single release from Dominant Chain’s Wasteland Requiem EP. The track represents thematically and musically the core message of the EP, showcasing the band’s musical style at its best: Crushing riffs, progressive changes, and fast solos that culminate in catchy melodies and massive, symphonic choruses. The song’s lyrics explore the main character’s experiences with harsh interrogations in a dystopian dictatorship, where she wakes up tortured, unable to remember past events or who she is.‘

BIOGRAPHY:
Dominant Chain, hailing from Northern Finland, plays progressive symphonic metal. Their music is not only about complex time signatures and technical skills, but massive, catchy choruses too, along with influences from various other music styles.

The band was originally formed in 2006 in Sonkajärvi, Northern Savo. The musicians have seasoned backgrounds in the professional musicianship. Their first official release, the EP Wasteland Requiem, consisting of five tracks, will be released in the summer of 2025. The first single, Kissed By This Life, is released digitally on May 20, 2025.

Line-up:Bass: Tuomas Korkatti
Drums: Toni Balk
Guitars: Jarno Keränen
Keyboards & orchestrations: Juho Keränen
Lead & backing vocals: Marja Kettunen

 
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/dominantchainband 
https://www.instagram.com/dominantchainband 
https://dominantchain.bandcamp.com