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░ ██ ██ Artist: In Malice's Wake ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Eternal Nightfall █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2015 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2016-02-28 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Thrash Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Punishment 18 Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Reissue ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ æEternal NightfallÆ is essentially a collaborative █
█ effort with each musician playing a significant █
█ role in achieving the success that this record █
█ should receive and undeniably deserves after all █
█ the troubles that have toiled and plagued the █
█ hardworking souls behind the music. Each musician █
█ raises his instrument like a sword in battle, █
█ ready and waiting to strike its listener dead with █
█ the sweet sounding melodies that sweep from one █
█ corner of this record to the other, filling the █
█ awkward silences with moments of sublimity. Each █
█ of them ready and willing to die for the other in █
█ their bid for success, leaving no stone unturned █
█ in its search for prominence and spilling the █
█ blood of its metaphorical foe who proved no █
█ problem is too big for this challenge seeking █
█ Melbourne act (such as the numerous problems the █
█ band encountered on the road to recording this █
█ beast). Standing up to its foe in a charismatic █
█ stance, face-to-face, In MaliceÆs Wake prove that █
█ no problems will defy the enigmatic energy and █
█ exuberance that the musicians emit from their █
█ individual performances. █
█ From the cruising sweet sounds of the melodic █
█ guitars, of which there are two, to the underlying █
█ bass which lies in support of the guitars, the █
█ soundscapes stretch across the open plains, █
█ littered with the metaphorical bodies of the █
█ defiant problems that occurred during recording █
█ and spilling across the soundscapes an image of a █
█ monument to the fellow musicians. æEternal █
█ NightfallÆ recognises its purpose immediately, █
█ imposing an image of a group of good friends █
█ playing their hearts and souls out in order to █
█ produce the best possible sound for their █
█ brothers. The passion and pride that has gone into █
█ achieving this record, even merely putting it out █
█ there to be heard by this band of brothers, of █
█ which there are actually two in this band (Shaun █
█ and Mark Farrugia), is accessible to the audience █
█ whoÆre left admiring the determination and will █
█ that drives the musicians on towards the glorious █
█ promise land of thrash godliness. █
█ To my ears, there is an obvious Death influence █
█ and an old school vibe about the Australian █
█ quartet, which is always a good thing and should █
█ undoubtedly see the influx of an even bigger █
█ following given the right amount of exposure. In █
█ MaliceÆs Wake do the defunct band justice with █
█ their tormenting experimentation that likes to █
█ dabble with experimentation and harsh entities, █
█ such as distortion driven guitars, layered bass █
█ and technical drumming which makes good use of █
█ double bass during the instrumental attacks and █
█ cymbal/snare work. It isnÆt hard to imagine that █
█ In MaliceÆs Wake could be looking at a record deal █
█ after this tremendous and hard working debut █
█ effort. Given the fact that the band encountered █
█ such problems during recording sessions and █
█ whatnot, the band show their true form on æEternal █
█ NightfallÆ. █
█ The musicianship, regardless of whether weÆre █
█ dealing with ShaunÆs harsh vocals which recoil and █
█ shake the listeners resolve as theyÆre pummelled █
█ time and again, or BenÆs ability to lead on bass █
█ throughout songs like æTo Run With DarknessÆ, the █
█ musicianship and solid song writing are both █
█ outward elements that portray the fact that skill █
█ and talent is for life and that no matter what █
█ troubles you encounter along the way, this fact █
█ will remain so and see you through the hard times, █
█ which it has done for In MaliceÆs Wake. Each song █
█ expresses with its instrumentation a lasting █
█ effect that gives memorable status to the █
█ individual songs and the record in an overall █
█ sense. As well as this, it also reiterates the █
█ point that class is permanent. From song to song, █
█ there are at least two or three moments of █
█ sublimity where the listener is caught off guard █
█ like an unprepared general whoÆs limited troops █
█ and swooped upon by the powerful enemy. From the █
█ lead guitars on æPay The PriceÆ, which attack █
█ again and again like an unrelenting pre-emptive █
█ strike. █
█ To the electric-acoustic sections and emotionally █
█ devouring bass of the epic æThe Path Less █
█ TravelledÆ, which exudes an experimental touch █
█ whilst still keeping in contact with the old █
█ school that influenced much of the material behind █
█ the scenes. Songs like the aforementioned prove █
█ the point that as æEternal NightfallÆ progresses, █
█ the record further enhances its ability to effect █
█ the audience with moments of sublimity. æThe Path █
█ Less TravelledÆ, with its moments of harmonious █
█ singing, mellifluous guitars and bass which lays █
█ much of the foundations for the brilliance which █
█ is to follow establishes the record as one that █
█ progresses in leaps and bounds at every turn. The █
█ musicians have an ability to work together like a █
█ Trojan, ploughing forward through the endless sea █
█ of ungifted and untalented bands that plague the █
█ scene both in Australasia and worldwide in order █
█ to keep their heads above the water, showing that █
█ they are a force to be reckoned with. █
█ As previously touched upon, In MaliceÆs Wake like █
█ to adhere to the traditional as well as the modern █
█ day era, which adds a fresh sounding appeal to the █
█ band. The ability to work in unison is best shown █
█ on tracks like æThe Path Less TravelledÆ, which is █
█ a personal favourite and æWeakness In NumbersÆ █
█ with its war like connotations through the bullet █
█ drumming and furious war cries of the vocalist, █
█ but perhaps most importantly, the way in which the █
█ bass and guitars work side by side to create a █
█ crushing effect, stamping out all foes and █
█ negative critics. More of the same in the future, █
█ please. █
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░ 1. Intro 0:25 ░
░ 2. Pay the Price 5:18 ░
░ 3. Eternal Nightfall 3:47 ░
░ 4. Bitter Demise 3:24 ░
░ 5. To Run with the Darkness 4:11 ░
░ 6. Man Made Death 4:00 ░
░ 7. The Path Less Travelled 4:43 ░
░ 8. As Dusk Covers Day 5:49 ░
░ 9. Weakness in Numbers 4:34 ░
░ 10. Where Silence Hides 4:52 ░
░ 11. Mental Disarray 4:26 ░
░ 12. To Run with the Darkness (Bonus Track) 4:44 ░
░ 13. Blackened Skies (Bonus Track) 4:50 ░
░ 14. As Dusk Covers Day.. (Bonus Track) 5:34 ░
░ 15. Weakness in Numbers (Bonus Track) 4:35 ░
░ 65:12 ░
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