The Mirroring Shadow
Product ID: 3630502
If you are into fast and aggressive metal with an authentic and pure vibe The Mirroring Shadow will blow you away. MISERATION take no prisoners by combining the best elements of brutal, technical death metal ala SUFFOCATION, HATE ETERNAL and PSYCROPTIC while paying homage to Scandinavian death metal in the vein of BLOODBATH and old ENTOMBED. Former SCAR SYMMETRY vocalist Christian Älvestam and guitarist Jani Stefanovic (ESSENCE OF SORROW / THE WEAKENING), who started the band together, have the experience and abilities to create a harsh, uncompromising style of metal people will undoubtedly notice. Following their critically acclaimed 2008 debut album Your Demons, Their Angels , MISERATION are more focused on the brutal side of death metal. There are still strong hook-lines and a lot of melodic riffs, but The Mirroring Shadow is driven by a vicious and extreme attitude and untamed aggression. This is the sound Sweden became known for in the early 90 s and MISERATION fully know about their responsibilities in upholding the true nature of that sound. MISERATION s second album proves that they have the foresight for creating new and brutal metal while being aware of metal s fine traditions at the same time. This is not only what contemporary death metal should sound like but the future of death metal in total. Review: Heavy stuff - This is a great death metal band and a good sophmore album from them. I love the growls and the music is heavy. Review: Irony! - Miseration is back with a brand new album with an ironic title. It is ironic that the title is so straightforward, because that doesn't seem to be Christian Alvestam's style. The title is straightforward because invariably, all shadows mirror the object that is making them. The object in this case is Alvestam's full-on death metal project, Miseration. These guys were originally a joint project with Alvestam of Scar Symmetry fame and Jani Stefanovic of Solution .45 (among others). So exactly what style of metal does this band play then? It isn't that almost overdone to the point of being burdensome melodeath. It is purely death metal with melodic underpinnings. What you hear is certainly death metal, but it is backed with subtle synths and keyboards to add just the right touch of atmosphere to the music. This is not Scar Symmetry reincarnated. Alvestam doesn't utter a single note of clean vocals and the beats are very fast and rythmic. Being from Sweden, they don't share much in common with the New York or Tampa Bay style of death metal, either. The members of this band are amazing musicians and this album shows off thier skills stunningly. This album is brutal and very quick. It relently smashes you until it is over only some 36 minutes after it began. After being throughly pummelled, one finds oneself beckoned to give it another go. If you like technical musicianship and harsh death metal, give this band a listen. In the underground music scene, they are underrated. I'll give The Mirroring Shadow a sparkling 4.8/5 stars, even picking up a tenth or two for the astonishing cover art!
B**Y
Heavy stuff
This is a great death metal band and a good sophmore album from them. I love the growls and the music is heavy.
M**7
Irony!
Miseration is back with a brand new album with an ironic title. It is ironic that the title is so straightforward, because that doesn't seem to be Christian Alvestam's style. The title is straightforward because invariably, all shadows mirror the object that is making them. The object in this case is Alvestam's full-on death metal project, Miseration. These guys were originally a joint project with Alvestam of Scar Symmetry fame and Jani Stefanovic of Solution .45 (among others). So exactly what style of metal does this band play then? It isn't that almost overdone to the point of being burdensome melodeath. It is purely death metal with melodic underpinnings. What you hear is certainly death metal, but it is backed with subtle synths and keyboards to add just the right touch of atmosphere to the music. This is not Scar Symmetry reincarnated. Alvestam doesn't utter a single note of clean vocals and the beats are very fast and rythmic. Being from Sweden, they don't share much in common with the New York or Tampa Bay style of death metal, either. The members of this band are amazing musicians and this album shows off thier skills stunningly. This album is brutal and very quick. It relently smashes you until it is over only some 36 minutes after it began. After being throughly pummelled, one finds oneself beckoned to give it another go. If you like technical musicianship and harsh death metal, give this band a listen. In the underground music scene, they are underrated. I'll give The Mirroring Shadow a sparkling 4.8/5 stars, even picking up a tenth or two for the astonishing cover art!
K**R
It's good, pretty good, for Lifeforce Record label it's astonishing
The thing about death metal is, a lot of what's out there is simple. Then a lot is complex. What you're guaranteed is noise. So much noise that you have to listen to it many times, and still can't really remember the note patterns. This album succeeds in doing that. New metal, not old school. Let me put it this way... when I first heard miseration on music station -Your Demons, Their Angels-. That song could have made me puke, except that I laughed out loud. Not sure what they were trying to do. They have advanced a lot since then. Most bands give up after their breakthrough album. This band crushed all my sensibilities with a withering wall o' sound, making me rethink things.
D**I
I'm still recovering!
I'm still in shock. This album was so fast and brutal from the first note to the end, I'm still trying to figure out what happened! I'm a big Scar Symmetry fan, I'm a huge fan of Christian's vocals, once I heard he quit SS I was pretty upset. I hadn't had a chance to see them live and I was bummed that there wouldn't be any more SS cd's with his vocals on it....(the new GUY'S are pretty solid though) I STUMBLED across this cd just by chance, I saw he was the singer and immediately got excited, I got the cd, and Immediately got my ass kicked! There isn't anything negative I can say about this album. I miss his clean vox, but this isn't for that, maybe he'll have another project. Seriously, if you're reading this review, stop reading and buy the cd, It's worth every penny!
氷**氷
Swedish Death Metalに超おすすめ！！！
2ndで５人編成になってからの初アルバムです。 ジャケット見て通りの近未来系デスメタルです。1stとは違いデスに徹しています。 VoはScar SymmetryのChristian Alvestam。 内容は混じりっ気無しの全力スウェディッシュアルバムです。 バリエーション豊富で展開しまくりのフック満載で変拍子も入ったりします。 メロディはありますが1stのようなものではなく暗〜く鬱なメロディのみです。 ドラムはブラストやスラッシュ、ミドルと多様でZYKLONのTRYMの影響を感じさせます。なかなかの将来有望株だと思います。 リフがテクニカルで特にかっこよく刻みまくりだと思えば、シンプルなとこはシンプルに徹するとメリハリがあります。 Voも独特な付け方やデスヴォイスも数種類使い分けており表情豊かに仕上がっています。 #1は変拍子でゴア＆グラインドでぶっ飛んでます。 #4のサビのリフとドラムのアンサンブルは鳥肌ものです。 #6はこれまで聴いてきたデスメタルで個人的には100点です。 #9はIn Flamesを悪〜くしたらこうなると思う秀逸な楽曲です。 自国のバンドたちの影響が多々見受けられます。ただきっちり昇華できておりオリジナリティはしっかりあると感じられます。 近年リリースされた中でも群を抜いてヘビーローテーションのアルバムになってます。 気になった方は一度My Spaceで試聴して頂けると幸いです。
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