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Artist : Sonne Adam
Album : Transformation
Year : 2011
Genre : Death Metal
Label : Century Media
Cat.nr : n/a
Source : CDDA
R.date : 07.04.2011
Size : 62,2 MB
Encoder : LAME 3.97 -V2 --vbr-new
Bitrate : avg. 206kbps
Quality : 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo
Website : http://myspace.com/sonneadam
Tracklist:
01. We Who Worship the Black 05:56
02. I Sing His Words 04:41
03. Sonne Adam 04:29
04. Solitude in Death 02:04
05. Take Me Back to Where I Belong 04:12
06. Shine 05:51
07. I Claim My Birth in Blood 03:36
08. Transformation 05:00
09. Apocalypse 05:57
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Release Notes:
Israel is a weird scene. Actually, a lot like the
South African scene that we've done quite a few
reviews of here on Angry Metal Guy, it feels like
the Israeli scene is another one of those scenes
that lacks a cohesive sound. Having produced
Orphaned Land and Winterhorde as well as the much
darker Salem, the bands and music doesn't seem to
have coalesced around a specific regionalized
'sound.' Sonne Adam shows that this is definitely
the case, as they produce dark, atmospheric doom
and old school death metal. To be frank, I'm
fucking astounded that this record is coming out
on Century Media at all. There is nothing even
remotely commercial about Sonne Adam. Though, I
guess the same is true of label mates Triptykon.
What do I mean by that? Well, Transformation,
similar to Triptykon's Eparistera Daimones, is
deathy or grindy doom. This record is crunchy, old
school death metal with drums and rapsy vocals
that sound like they were recorded in a metal
nuclear fall out shelter or something. Everything
is just laced with tinny reverb and the guitars
have a thick, ugly tone. I'm not sure what these
guys are tuned to, but if this isn't 7 strings
downtuned, then they've done a fantastic job of
making everything as thick and sticky as possible
here.
And the tracks contained within aren't immediately
catchy, but they burrow in under your skin like
some kind of alien insect and get into your system
and once you've let that happen, it's hard to stop
listening. "We Who Worship the Black" starts off
the record on such a note, with a riff that
screams Morbid Angel circa Covenant and is quickly
followed up by "I Sing His Words," another track
of pure fucking evil that pummels away at the
listener with thick, heavy drums that sound
acoustic (but the bass drums might be replaced) a
wandering melody that is remarkably sticky in
spite of its presentation.
Despite the doomy approach, however, they don't
write long songs. The final track "Apocalypse" is
the longest at 5:57 and it also sports possibly
one of the coolest riffs on the whole record
before falling into characteristic trem picking
that is reminiscent of early Norwegian black metal
bands. However, shortly after they jump back into
the old school death metal riffing. But the whole
record is like this; remarkably old school, at the
same time feeling almost like 'blackened' death
metal, laced with blasting and trem picking and
lyrics that reek of evil. And it's hard, despite
there being similarities to bands here and there,
to make strong comparisons without feeling like it
does Sonne Adam a disfavor.
All of that said, this stuff is hard for me at
times. I have to be in a very specific moment to
really get into this, and while I can appreciate
that this is well done I'm not really sure that
it's going to stick with me for too long or end up
on my end of year list or anything. So, let's say
this. If what you're into is atmospheric, doomy
death metal then Transformation is for you. These
guys will get under the skin of fans of drone and
crust, as well because the music is evil, it's
crusty and it's raw. Like I said, that this is
even on Century Media just blows me away because
these guys can't have a high profit margin, but
good on them for signing something really heavy
and that feels extreme. Sonne Adam will appeal to
fans of Hooded Menace, Triptykon, old Morbid Angel
or well anything atmospheric, riffy, and slow.
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