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Artist......: Maladie
Album.......: The Sick Is Dead - Long Live the Sick
Year........: 2021
Genre.......: Black Metal
Type........: Album
Label.......: Apostasy Records
Language....: English
Source......: WEB/FLAC (24bit)
Quality.....: 1727kbps / 44.1 kHz / Stereo
Tracks......: 10 tracks
Playtime....: 00:52:58
Size........: 652.8 MiB
R.Date......: 2026-07-06
S.Date......: 2021-12-10
Url.........: https://open.qobuz.com/album/o6ev5043yfs3b
01. My Soul, Old 4:41
02. Nekrolife 4:20
03. The Sick Is Dead 3:10
04. Long Live the Sick 4:47
05. Gottkomplex 4:56
06. Is This Your Inheritance? 5:55
07. The Ultimate Rejection 4:36
08. Life's Work 7:22
09. Death's Work 8:55
10. Final Stage 4:17
For the diseased the illness is not seldom end and
beginning at the same time.
What is to be understood by Plague Metal, in the end
only the creators themselves may determine. If you
thought you had understood by now what to expect from
MALADIE after four albums, the guys from Germany show
you that they will continue to take completely
unpredictable paths. Thus, the new work of art could not
be entitled any more suitably: "The Sick Is Dead, Long
Live The Sick".
One can confidently speak of a reinvention here, because
the material comes along almost straightforward, without
losing the very own sick signature for a single second,
which allows an undreamtof directness to emerge.
Immediately the opener 'My Soul, Old' stomps forward in
black 'n' roll manner, before it unfolds itself in a
melodic middle section, only to then march towards the
end. The blast-beat thunderstorm at the beginning of
'Nekrolife' then shows again the down stepped gas pedal
and lets the jazz influences flash in the verse riffs
skillfully, but always well dosed. The semi title tracks
'The Sick Is Dead' and 'Long Live The Sick' are almost
punky by MALADIE standards and at the same time so
cleverly written that one could nevertheless only expect
them in this form from this very formation. 'Is This
Your Inheritance' oscillates between all forms of
melancholic gothic rock. Towards the end 'Life's Work'
and 'Death's Work' increase the speed at times, before
'Final Stage' strikes the final death blow.
"The Sick Is Dead, Long Live The Sick" shows MALADIE
more infectious than ever, and from a completely new
side.
Then, you can convince yourself.