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KATATONIA
BRAVE MURDER DAY |
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| | Reviews: 12 |
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| Average Rating: 9.33 |
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Amazing
by That One Guy Sugar Land, Texas United States
Reviewed on August 26th, 2001
While I a normally listen to more technical music than Katatonia, such as Meshuggah or Cynic, I felt that, theoretically, minimalism could be also employed for powerful artistic expression. When I got this album I realized that my theory had been proven, and I am very grateful for it. I love the simple, straightforward playing nearly all in eighth notes because it lends an amazing continuity to the album. However, while the playing is minimal, the songwriting is not. Granted, riffs are repeated several times, allowing you to feel immersed in their plaintive churning, but songs on Brave Murder Day can be found full of interesting key and tempo changes. The song structures themselves are also not at all standard, except for "Day" which is not radically standard, but relatively normal compared to the others. From what I have heard of Katatonia's other albums, I have a feeling this will be by far my favorite, mainly because of the amazing presence of Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth. His voice could be categorized as death metal, but he uses it as a beautiful texture to layer over the instruments. He can hold a growl for a very long time, fading into amazing waves of white noise. As opposed to expressing singleminded fury, his singing sounds very sorrowful and vulnerable. I would recommend this album to anyone, especially if they were feeling very depressed, because although sad, it lends consolation in the fact that someone had to be at least as depressed as anyone else to create an album of such despondent majesty, and they can share your feelings.
More "Brave Murder Day" reviews:
[2004-06-27] Beautifully sad album (8)
[2004-06-14] What and album...a classic!!! (10)
[2003-12-13] Choice music for a rainy day (or night). (10)
[2003-10-29] Brave Murder Day (10)
[2003-10-28] Brave Murder Day (10)
[2002-05-05] Depressing DM? (10)
[2001-08-26] Amazing (10)
[2001-07-06] Start with this one (10)
[2000-07-31] 4.5 Stars (10)
[2000-02-05] A sad day (6)
[1999-03-25] Katatonia is f**king great (8)
[1998-09-14] One of the most brilliant albums ever... (10)
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