SADIST

Sadist

Tech/Extreme Prog Metal

3.87 | 17 ratings

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toroddfuglesteg

Difficult review, this one....... Not a one I relished to write & publish.

This is this Italian band's comeback album after a pretty disasterous album which ended up in Sadist calling it a day for a time. Sadist returned though a released this album. An album they still regard as their masterpiece. It is difficult not to agree with those sentiments.

The album starts with some Middle East melody lines before the metal side of Sadist kicks in. The brutal sound and tracks are somewhere between black, thrash and progressive metal. Their sound is not particular darkened, but it is still dark enough to give a lot of black metal vibes. The core of their sound lays entirely in progressive metal though. That and with some avant-garde sentiments too. The vocals are of the more painful one and will probably turn off a lot of potential fans.

The metal stuff is also softened up by some melodic guitar passages and some piano concerto pieces. This is in the typical black metal mould from the mid-90s. Sadist is not a black metal band by any means, but I just wanted to mention this. I normally find this metal- melodic interlude-metal-melodic interlude pattern pretty annoying and a big turn off for me. Hence, I was never a fan of that scene. But in Sadist case, they have done this pretty clever by having something new and refreshing. A sitar, a piano and some harps. It is good to be surprised now and then.

The quality of the album is very good throughout. Even great now and then. Is this an excellent purchase for a prog rock fan as stated in the reviews guidelines ? Nope. Is it an excellent purchase for a progressive metal fan ? Most definate yes. So that is why I give this four stars. I genuine like this album although this genre is not one I enjoy.

4 stars

toroddfuglesteg | 4/5 | 2011-3-31

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