Wow! To je sve što mogu reči nakon opetovanog slušanja novog opusa Fleshgod Apocalypse. Italija je uvijek prednjačila dobrom melodičnom muzikom i izvrsnim smislom za emociju, toplinu, ali i mrak u glazbi. Fleshgod Apocalypse dolaze iz Italije i na sceni su od 2007.godine. Ovo im je šesti dugosvirajući album, prvi nakon pet godina od zadnjeg opusa. Što očekivati? Fleshgod Apocalypse sviraju prvenstveno death metal s dosta agresije, blast beatova, ali i melodije i odličnih gitarskih pasaža. Sve se to spaja s bombastičnim klavijaturnim dionicama, simfonijskim orkestralnim dijelovima koji su jako pod utjecajem klasične glazbe i nadasve odličnim pjesmama. Francesco Paoli, inače mastermind benda, pjeva agresivnije i guturalne deatherske dionice, iako ga se može razumjeti veći dio što pjeva i to mu je dodatni plus, a savršeno se nadopunjuje sa soprano vokalom pjevačice Veronice Bordacchini koja pjeva takve sjajne clean i soprano dionice da zvuči gotovo nestvarno i anđeoski, kao međuigra ljepotice i zvijeri da se tako izrazim. Tekstovi su na engleskom jeziku, bave se više internim borbama, društvom, humanizmom, anti religijskom tematikom i jako su pametno i dobro napisani. Zaboravio sam napomenuti da ovaj opus nudi odličnih 10 pjesama od kojih jedna služi više kao intro i završava instrumentalom negdje u trajanju oko 43 minute sve zajedno. Da zaključim, ovo je fenomenalan album i žao mi je da je ovo tek prvi kojeg sam slušao od ovog odličnog benda, ali tu ću grešku uskoro ispraviti nadam se. Zakon i topla preporuka!
Horror and metal go hand in hand so this combination fits perfectly to extreme metal genre. Portuguese Caedeous released their third opus revolving conceptually around horror, whether it is cosmic horror atmosphere in the vein of great H.P. Lovecraft, or more meaty body horror of Clive Barker or esotherica of Dante, this band delivers with their new opus. This one contains nine songs, one being intro using samples which I always condone and love. Music of Caedeous is a mixture between high energy death metal full of blast beats and growling death metal vocals sometimes mixing with black metal screams, technicality meeting brutality and also symphonic black metal where symphonic and keyboard passages with their eerie melodies add to the overall horror and murky darkened atmosphere of the record as a whole. I also love the use of melodic, clean female vocals in ‘Obscura Ascensions’. If I must choose some songs as highlights for me, that would be ‘Cruxis Inferni’, ‘Pandemonium’ and the title song. If you are looking for brutality with added horror and sympho passages this one is the right one for you.
Wrath Of The Nebula are hailing from France and being relatively new band in the scene, formed in 2018, but its members are in no way new, having played in so many bands and projects of extreme music scene in France and abroad. Anyway, this is the debut full length opus of this entity, and it contains intro plus eleven songs. Wrath Of The Nebula play fantastic mixture of melodic death metal with lots of sympho parts involving keyboards and atmospheric parts, but also thrash and fast parts with aggression giving more way and expression to melody with awesome vocals bordering from growling, screams to superb harsh melodic and clean vocals fitting perfectly to the songs. Musicianship is phenomenal and the whole vibe of the record takes me to some other frightening yet eye opening dimension. Theme of the lyrics is more existential, space and continuum oriented, from ancient cultures to aliens and space. Songs like DNA Of The Gods(watch the video), When Galaxies Collide or Fractal Dimensions are my personal favorites but listen because with every listening you will find something more and interesting and that is the true beauty and relevance of this opus.
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