It looks like July's going to be concept album month for me. Diabolical Masquerade was a project created by Blakkheim (Anders Nyström) of the doomy Katatonia after he left that band to pursue a rawer, more aggressive sound. Its sound ranges from proggy avant-garde material to more raw, distorted metal and everything in between. The band is kind of a legend, and in their short career Blakkheim put out four fantastic albums. Death's Design, his last effort, is often referred to as his magnum opus and, besides being an amazing album also serves as a sampler for the different sounds he experiments with.
As a concept, the Blakkheim created a resilient rumor that it was the soundtrack for a horror movie that was never made. The album structure certainly lends credence to this, dividing the music up into 61 tracks and 20 "movements" each with a different sound and theme. It's very hard to describe this album and do it full justice, so you'll just have to listen to it. It goes a
lot of places, all of them good.
Favorite tracks: the 5th and 8th movements are both amazing, but then again, so's the whole album.
Enjoy!
1 comment:
Delightful! I have to say, I enjoyed this album. I'll need another couple listens to pull out better reasons, but preliminary reactions are positive.
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