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Artist......: Maladie
Album.......: ...Symptoms III...
Year........: 2021
Genre.......: Black Metal
Type........: EP
Label.......: Apostasy Records
Language....: English
Source......: WEB/FLAC (24bit)
Quality.....: 1499kbps / 44.1 kHz / Stereo
Tracks......: 5 tracks
Playtime....: 00:22:40
Size........: 243.9 MiB
R.Date......: 2026-07-06
S.Date......: 2021-09-10
Url.........: https://open.qobuz.com/album/blsh0quozex3b
01. Excidium - The Innocent Child 4:58
02. Nihilum - The Shield Effect 3:36
03. Tenebrae - No More Pain 4:18
04. Inanimentum - Last Farewell 4:51
05. Decretum - The Passage 4:57
What Maladie delivers with Symptoms III is some of the
most breathtakingly beautiful songs they've ever
performed. Even if at times the music and vocals are
agonisingly and overwhelmingly melancholic, there
remains a beauty to them. It's intimate, introverted,
and deliciously atmospheric. It's also hard not to note
that for a band who describes themselves as "plague
metal", the self-reflective nature of Symptoms III is
one that strikes home powerfully in the second year of a
Covid-filled world. The lyrics fairly overtly reference
suicide, and there are some very dark moments. But as
moribund as it is, it's surprisingly never particularly
morbid. By the end, and somewhat ironically, with the
wordless Decretum, it has stepped out of the shadows,
and back into the light.