Es ist immer wieder eine große Freude, wenn wir völlig unerwartet eine Mail erhalten, in der auf ein neues Review hingewiesen wird. Umso schöner, wenn wir so wieder von Wegbegleitern hören, wie hier nun von Bato und dem Metal Revolution Magazine aus Dänemark. Auf diesem Wege herzliche Grüße nach Hjørring!
Unser „Keule“-Release „is again strategically set, as what date would be more fitting for an album that is bursting with and defying critical observations of the capitalist system than May 1st, ‘Labor Day’?!“ So schauts aus!
Auch Bato hat unser „highly-acclaimed 2022 debut The Crypt Of Time“ und die „Past Seasons Pt.1 – The Early Days, in which they dedicated themselves to the past of Melancholic Seasons“ nicht vergessen. Die „Keule“ markiert „a new beginning of this Frankfurt-based trio“.
„Despite of the short playing time, they have a lot on these seven tracks from Im Takt der Keule. Aside of this obvious difference in the length of the recordings, another noticable difference is in the sound. Musically/instrumentally the steam thrash hammer reigns here, with a conscious focus on more thrashier parts. This means that the guitars got a good portion of sharpness and more thrashier edge.“
„After aforementioned menacing intro, the trio get down to business with a hellishly groovy and rhythm-focused approach on the first regular song, ´Slavery`. This song is arranged in a highly exciting manner, while the dynamics and tempo shifts makes this song very entertaining.“
„Self-titled ´Im Takt der Keule` is another top-class song, which sounds a bit more melodic (although melodies are hidden in the background), dark growls and overall apocalyptic and oppressive atmosphere.“
„´Mach Keine Assimoves` is thrashy muscular track where the frontman Kevin Kiesecker screams his voice out in a wonderfully brutal way,. It works very nicely as an effective contrast to the melodic guitars.“
„The following ´Pandemonium` has a bit more groove and it rangers mosty at a medium pace, while ´Schwarmintelligenz` features very strong lyrical content with a little social criticism. Finally, ´The Ultimate Sinn` flirts with hyperactive thrash metal at the end, serving as an ultimate and grandiose album closer.
„The small and nuanced innovations make the material seem more aggressive and direct than what we are used to hear from Melancholic Seasons before. I think it suits them very well. On the other hand, I prefer English lyrics in a Melancholic Seasons’ release, but this latest work proves that the three Hessians also have the German lyrics under control.“
Auch Timons Artwork bekommt großes Lob: „This time the cover was created by Timon Kokott, and it perfectly reflects the mood of Im Takt der Keule. The artwork is also impressive with focus on every small detail, while once again underlying the mood of the band while recording this mini-album.“
Das Fazit: „Im Takt der Keule is more than just a decent successor to their debut The Crypt Of Time, which has already set the bar very high. It is a stylistic pot between death metal and thrash metal. Thus the final result is a homogeneous and varied half an hour of music, perfectly representing the current status of the band. Especially recommended for fans of Soilwork, In Flames, Edge Of Sanity, At The Gates, Kreator and similar melo-death & thrash metal acts.“ Wieder solch große Namen!!!
Wir erhalten eine großartige 80%-Wertung, danken Bato für seine intensive und so wertschätzende Auseinandersetzung mit unserer grünen Kurzrille und verweisen gern auf das gesamte Review, dass hier lesen könnt:
https://www.metal-revolution.com/reviews/melancholic-seasons-im-takt-der-keule
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