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/:: Artist :: Maladie ::\
:: Album :: ...Still... ::
:: Year :: 2015 ::
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:: . Genre :: Metal Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Apostasy Records R.date :: 30.04.2015 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: ARC 021 Size :: 150,3 MB __::_
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/: Encoder :: LAME 3.98.4 -V0 :\
..: Bitrate :: 276kbps : .
. Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo .
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Website :: https://www.facebook.com/maladieband
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:: 01. Demutatio 08:12 ::
:: 02. Agnitio 01:48 ::
:: 03. Inexistentia 18:06 ::
:: 04. Asperitas 07:43 ::
:: 05. Abdico 01:36 ::
:: 06. Discrepantia 08:22 ::
:: 07. Circuitus 02:53 ::
:: 08. Semivius 15:58 ::
:: 09. Evigilantem 07:52 ::
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:: My problem with bands such as Slipknot is not merely a ::
:: distaste based on personal likes and dislikes, but one ::
:: rooted in the fact that their music has never seemed to ::
:: sound like the collective efforts of their many members. It ::
:: seems limited and small, compared to what might actually be ::
:: possible had a band with that many members truly tried to ::
:: include and incorporate each players talents in a way that ::
:: added richly to the bands sound. ::
:: ::
:: While they are worlds away from Slipknot, I think this is ::
:: part of the reason why I love the German metal super-group ::
:: Maladie. They truly make full use of each of their nine ::
:: members, to create an ensemble effort that defies the norm ::
:: in search of a highly progressive musical path that never ::
:: loses its venomously monstrous aggressive edge in the ::
:: pursuit of this enlightening and forward-thinking aim. ::
:: ::
:: For those unfamiliar with the band (and missed my write-up ::
:: last year of their debut album, Plague Within), they fall ::
:: within the paradigm of avant/progressive black metal, ::
:: though that tag is a bit outdated as a description of the ::
:: band now, as they went through several lineup shifts that ::
:: saw them add several new people, including a saxophone ::
:: player who provides the record with numerous memorable ::
:: solos; a new bass player; a new drummer; and a third ::
:: guitarist. ::
:: ::
:: As for their current sound, it’s a bit different since they ::
:: now have two guitarists whose other bands dwell in the ::
:: realms of technical death metal. As a result, the music on ::
:: …Still… sees Maladie infusing their multi-faceted black ::
:: metal core with a fair bit of tech-death, largely in ways ::
:: reminiscent of bands such as The Faceless and Anata. This ::
:: is an interesting twist on the current trend of technical ::
:: death metal bands embellishing their music with elements of ::
:: black metal for more variety. Here, it’s complex black ::
:: metal with technical death metal influences woven in, and ::
:: the result is both brilliant and fresh-sounding. ::
:: ::
:: There are many recurring melodies and motifs that thread ::
:: all of it together, primarily on the two longest tracks of ::
:: the album, which together make up close to half of its ::
:: runtime — the 18-minute “Inexistentia” and the 15-minute ::
:: behemoth that is “Semivivus”. While the piano playing of ::
:: band member and singer (growls and screams are present, do ::
:: not worry) Déhà was definitely a big part of why I enjoyed ::
:: their first record, here he is an even bigger part of what ::
:: makes …Still… such an emotionally charged and resonant ::
:: record. His piano melodies mimic the guitar lines on ::
:: “Inexistentia” in perfect fashion, offering a haunting ::
:: musical motif that speaks to listeners far below the ::
:: surface level, in a way that few metal records do. ::
:: ::
:: And lest you think the piano is integrated solely to build ::
:: up the music in epic fashion, it appears in several places ::
:: as a way to actually amp the aggressiveness of their music, ::
:: as on tracks such as “Asperitas” and “Discrepantia”. ::
:: ::
:: Very rarely, I have received an early reviewer’s promo in ::
:: which the entire album or EP is formatted as a single ::
:: undivided file, and often that is a detriment to my ability ::
:: to deconstruct the record at hand. While this is the format ::
:: in which I initially received a copy of …Still…, I think it ::
:: works in their favor due to the many shifts in mood, tempo, ::
:: and style that the album contains, which equate to a mind- ::
:: boggling contrast that is best represented in one singular ::
:: start-to-finish piece. Taken as a whole, as I was required ::
:: to hear it, it truly comes across as one stunning, flowing ::
:: piece of music, one that is truly a journey and an ::
:: exploration of many ideas and concepts, all knitted ::
:: together with care and love to create something truly ::
:: memorable and important. ::
:: ::
:: As in any album, there are parts and songs that are my ::
:: utmost favorites among all the mind-numbing brilliance that ::
::
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