Ovo je malo starije izdanje, ali nema veze, u ovom zineu pišem o onom što mi se sviđa, pa neka netko čita ili produži dalje. Dark Tranquillity su na sceni od davne 1991., kada su zajedno sa In Flames i At The Gates bili tvorci tzv Gothenburg death metala, odnosno melodičnog death metala, pošto su sva tri benda iz istog grada u Švedskoj. Iako je jedini originalni član postave vokal Mikael Stanne, u bendu je uz njega najduže klavijaturist Martin Brandstrom, bend roka nesmanjenom žestinom, iako je možda kroz godine malo usporio i ubacio u svoj izričaj i malo gothic metala, te možda i malo modernijeg groove metala tu i tamo. Mikael Stanne istodobno može lako growlati na death metal način, ali i pjevati clean glasom, pošto je jedan od najboljih frontmana u ekstremnoj metal glazbi. Nakon četiri godine od zadnjeg albuma evo i trinaestog studijskog albuma na kojem se nalaze 12 pjesama u bendovom prepoznatljivom stilu. Svega ima tu, od mid tempo melodic epskih death metal gitara, preko brzine kao u odličnoj Unforgivable, sve do polubalade neobične One Of Us Is Gone, koja mi je jedan od highlighta albuma, jer je drukčija od ostalih. Još neke pjesme koje moram napomenuti su The Last Imagination i Our Disconnect koje odskaču od ostalog, kvalitetom i te kako bogatog materijala. Dobar album ovih legendi iz Švedske.
When the jack-of-all-trades Rogga Johansson gets ready to launch a new project, you can be sure to deal with the very essence of Swedish death metal. With ASTROPHYTE, the Swedish together with Fredrik Petersson is now preparing to send his next horse into the race with the new album ‘2192′. Originally planned for May, the full-length, which is based on the role-playing game Mutant Chronicles World, will finally see the light of day on the 30th of June. With a big news: with Indii Hofvander, who already had a guest appearance on the Furnace album ‘Stellarum‘, a haunting, almost pleading, female voice characterises large parts of the music – and thus, besides Mike Hubrovcak‘s growls, contributes significantly to the oppressive atmosphere of the album. You can expect 9 songs, shaped by the typical Nordic death metal of the ’90s. Stay tuned!
Time for Swedish death metal to grace the bloodied pages of this webzine. Omnicidal are hailing from Sweden and this is their debut opus with Non Serviam Records. Although this is their first spawn, members of this band are well known to the scene playing or having played in bands such as Rimfrost, Lake Of Tears, Egonaut and Devilicious. The music of Omnicidal has something just the way I love. Meaning, European school of death metal from early nineties. This means, they deliver a mixture of old school Swedish chainsaw guitar death metal, but to that they add layers of melody, being more into melodic death metal side of things, not unlike all those early Gothenburg death metal bands. If I must compare music of Omnicidal to some other bands it would be a cross between At The Gates and more melodic songs of Dismember. I love how aggression and d-beat tempo songs mix with melancholic guitar hooks and themes, angry, despaired growled vocals, apocalyptic atmosphere and almost a kind of sadness. Lyrically, Omnicide deal with death, Hell, narcissism, fighting your inner self, graveyards and a bit more death. My favorites among these songs are ‘WWD’, ‘Cemetary Scream’ and ‘Narcissistic Abuse’, but the album as a whole is death metal bomb of melody and energy just waiting to be dropped on your metal heads! Excellent!
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