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/:: Artist :: UADA ::\
:: Album :: Djinn ::
:: Year :: 2021 ::
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:: . Genre :: Black Metal Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Hellion Records R.date :: 18.04.2022 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: HEL1503 Size :: 110,7 MB __::_
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:: 01. Djinn 07:52 ::
:: 02. The Great Mirage 06:50 ::
:: 03. No Place Here 13:41 ::
:: 04. In the Absence of Matter 09:50 ::
:: 05. Forestless 07:58 ::
:: 06. Between Two Worlds 13:57 ::
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:: It has been a very long time since a piece of music has ::
:: left me completely speechless. On their third record, UADA ::
:: return to make what is not only likely to be album of the ::
:: year, but potentially one of the most important records ::
:: that the genre has ever been graced. ::
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:: Across six songs, at just over an hour in length, the band ::
:: have evolved their formula and expanded their musical ::
:: horizons to include influences from all over the metal ::
:: spectrum, and Djinn is all the better for it. ItÆs easy to ::
:: see the comparisons to bands such as Mgla and Dissection in ::
:: UADAÆs history, and whilst that is an unfair and not ::
:: entirely accurate depiction of their influences, it is ::
:: overt to see that the band have far transcended their ::
:: inspirations and ascended passed their aspirations totally. ::
:: ::
:: Djinn is a much brighter release as opposed to the duology ::
:: that preceded it. Not only in the production, in which this ::
:: is hands down the most well recorded and most grandiose ::
:: sounding music to date, but in the song writing across the ::
:: board too. Melody is the key phrase that spills out of ::
:: every pinhole on this release. So many of the guitar riffs ::
:: on offer here, courtesy of virtuosos Jack Superchi and Jake ::
:: Sloan, are as haunting as they are gorgeously moving, in a ::
:: way rarely heard in the genre. ::
:: ::
:: The percussion on display largely takes a back seat with ::
:: genre-staple blast beats put on the back burner in favour ::
:: of a more straightforward, and climatic, mix of rock ::
:: patterns, double kicks and crash/ride sequences. In the ::
:: same vein, the vocals are less prominent on the record than ::
:: they were on the previous instalment, though they are no ::
:: less haunting, just not the main focus to building an ::
:: oppressive and aggressive nature any longer. ::
:: ::
:: Passionate screaming leads take centre stage across ::
:: monolithic triumphs of audio, known on the record as the ::
:: 13-minute epics No Place Here and, the life-affirming ::
:: closing track, Between Two Worlds. The compositions ::
:: throughout this hour-long experience simply defy reality ::
:: and challenge the listener in more ways than one. One ::
:: minute there are beautiful chorus passages, as found in ::
:: abundance on The Great Mirage (particularly towards the ::
:: end), and the next, haunting and pounding fierce six-string ::
:: black metal brutality as demonstrated in every second of ::
:: Forestless, passed a stellar dark-ambient intro. ::
:: ::
:: When comparing Djinn to prior efforts, Devoid of Light and ::
:: Cult of a Dying Sun, the changes in musical direction are ::
:: night and day, but in a positive way. If UADAÆs first ::
:: release represents darkness as hopelessness and fear creeps ::
:: in, and their sophomore effort resembles desperation and ::
:: desperately clawing into that goodnight, then Djinn ::
:: embodies a shred of hopefulness and optimism that pierces ::
:: through the shades of blackened veil. ::
:: ::
:: In other words, instrumentally this album is ever so ::
:: slightly softer and less intense when compared to what came ::
:: before, but I believe that this more melodic change was ::
:: ultimately for the better, as the band were able to ::
:: completely outshine their contemporaries and carve out a ::
:: new niche to create something far more impactful, striking ::
:: and important than I ever believed could come out of black ::
:: metal in the modern day. ::
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