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Menace Ruine - The die is cast

 reviewed by Niels Mark
11/9/2008
The Die is Cast finds Menace Ruine eschewing the howling vocals and blast beats of their debut album, instead replacing them with majestic songs based around the vocal style of Genviève and the anthemic medieval music that bares much more resemblance to Neo-Folk than Black Metal.

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LABEL
[ Alien8 Recordings ]

RELEASE
[ The die is cast ] [ CD ]


Other reviewed releases of Menace Ruine
[ CULT OF RUINS ]

Other reviewed releases of Alien8 Recordings
[ MENACE RUINE - CULT OF RUINS ]
[ Menace Ruin - The Die Is Cast ]
[ ZBIGNIEW KARKOWSKI & DANIEL MENCHE - Unleash ]
[ Francisco Lopez - Technocalyps ]
[ Aidan Baker / Tim Hecker - Fantasma Parastasie ]
[ ZBIGNIEW KARKOWSKI & DANIEL MENCHE - Unleash ]
[ Francisco Lopez - Technocalyps ]
From the realms of extreme expressions, Canadian Menace Ruine makes a movement towards more listen-friendly sound layers on this second full-length released in 2008. While the debut album "Cult of ruins", took its starting point in a brutal cocktail of fast Black Metal and ear-shattering Harsh Noise the follow-up titled "The die is cast" stays true to the metal scene though it doesn't aim for the sonic extremities. The tempo has been slowed down to heavy down-tempo rhythms of doom metal. The music consists of great female vocals and grandiose gothic atmosphere reminiscent of goth metal bands like The Gathering and Moonspell. Though despite the gentle almost folkish feelings on the album there is still something sinister and harsh in the guitar sounds reminiscent of early Industrial metal i.e. Godflesh at period of "Street cleaner" (Earache, 1988). The domination of Harsh Noise from the debut has been suppressed and the weight is put on the metal-style. Where "Cult ruins" dealt with extreme aggression, "The die is cast" more focus on musically gentle atmospheres. Thus a new and quite directions from the probably most metal-based project released on the as always interesting Alien8 label.

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