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Balligomingo – Heat (feat. Kristy Thrisk)

August 24, 2019 Axonn Echysttas Leave a comment

Contrasting dark-neon undertones with Kristy Thirsk’s angelic vocals, this passionate song’s lyrics are brimming with meanings just waiting to be explored. If acidic, electrifying love would have a sound, this would be it. It’s a sinuous song, bestowed with bountiful, sweeping waves of deep digital sound.

“Now you’re moving in
Like acid on my skin
I like being burned
Your heat is what I yearn

Your salt
Corrodes my vault
Get too close
The spill won’t kill the host”

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNIRgCetYOU^

For Spotify Users (high quality):

http://open.spotify.com/track/5OvhMKLFIlGqo9PoL7qvWa^

For Deezer Users (high quality):

http://www.deezer.com/track/991451^

And here’s the Discogs entry for whoever wants to buy this album:

https://www.discogs.com/Balligomingo-Beneath-The-Surface/release/1119859^

This Weekly Song entry has been brought from the FaceBook archive of Weekly Song^. This exploration was originally started through a FaceBook page, about 13 months prior to launching Mentatul. Slowly but surely, the entire FaceBook archive will be brought here.

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Delerium – Metamorphosis (feat. Kristy Thirsk)

August 21, 2019 Axonn Echysttas Leave a comment

A veil of sparkling chimes unfolds. Underneath, a majestic colored butterfly spreads its wings, mystic chants accompanying its rise. What colors does the butterfly have?

Sound transforms. It metamorphosizes itself and those that perceive it.

Sound is magic. It does unexplainable things for unexplainable reasons.

Sound is life. Vibration is creation.

Sound is neither good or bad. It is only when sound meets perception when such conclusions are drawn.

Sound inspires. These words were guided into existence by pulsating percussion, sweeping synths, and strange, crispy textures.

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-KG8ei8QaY^

For Spotify Users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/3BQc9bNngSHSMaw90AZMEn^

For Deezer Users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/85561682^

And here’s the Discogs entry for whoever wants to buy this album:

https://www.discogs.com/Delerium-Semantic-Spaces/master/52026^

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Radioactive Sandwich – An Echo Is The Shadow Of A Sound

August 14, 2019 Axonn Echysttas Leave a comment

Starting with the name, this is one special song. Warning: superlatives ahead.

The melody’s 11 minutes are bountiful, full of instruments and sounds perfectly picked for creating an atmosphere of mystery, even divine. And it’s all layered in a supremely masterful way. That oppressive bass line… that redeeming choir…

The dance of sound shadows is here to entertain and hypnotize, to amaze and to relax. Art like this makes me immensely thankful to live in a day and age when technology has exploded the instrumental repertoire to such a degree.

It’s one of those journey songs, those that take you places deep inside. It goes without saying that playing such music on poor listening gear is a sacrilege.

You can listen to the melody for free, in good quality, on BandCamp, which is one of the best websites when it comes to supporting artists. You can also purchase the song (or album) from this same location. And in case you’re wondering, yes, I did purchase Radioactive Sandwich’s album :).

https://radioactivesandwich.bandcamp.com/track/an-echo-is-the-shadow-of-a-sound^

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIse2vuqkj4^

For Spotify Users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/7g5KO4YXLooCg6kexyOhpL^

For Deezer Users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/56604571^

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John Tejada – Beacht

August 7, 2019 Axonn Echysttas Leave a comment

The reverb is strong with this one… and used to great effect. Dusty samples are drowned in sweeping soundscapes, joined by tingly synths and all those playful exotic sounds that one is likely to stumble upon when it comes to electronic music.

You can listen to the melody for free, in good quality, on BandCamp, which is one of the best websites when it comes to supporting artists. You can also purchase the song (or album) from this same location.

https://johntejada.bandcamp.com/track/beacht^

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD7Ccvf64L4^

For Spotify Users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/2UygukxEcKcTXCT4oEYYtX^

For Deezer Users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/93540470^

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Finntroll – Ur Djupet

July 30, 2019 Axonn Echysttas Leave a comment

This one is among the most brutal songs I’ve published here, but this sublime mix of folk and extreme metal cannot be overlooked for too long. Monstrous growling and hellish metal orchestration is easier to digest when served alongside a bunch of unconventional instruments. Oh, and there’s even a 10-second lull towards the end of the melody!

Don’t look up the lyrics unless you’re into gory stuff…

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01ROQuCFG1o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01ROQuCFG1o^

For Spotify Users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/2DhJwXtT9NodDNZAznyu97^

For Deezer Users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/2602702^

And here’s the Discogs entry for whoever wants to buy this album:

https://www.discogs.com/Finntroll-Ur-Jordens-Djup/master/3103^

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Henry Saiz – Sleepwalk

July 23, 2019 Axonn Echysttas Leave a comment

“What’s up, song?”

“Well, you know, thumping along, building some awesome atmosphere, adding a trumpet here, a voice there.”

“I like what I’m hearing! Wanna hang out?”

“Sure, just get some good listening gear, ayt?”

https://henrysaiz.bandcamp.com/track/sleepwalk^

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqRZ3zEnaeA^

For Spotify Users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/0TTeoiKIIqbPWkW8a2NrTh^

For Deezer Users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/67597904^

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Children Of Bodom – Everytime I Die

July 17, 2019 Axonn Echysttas Leave a comment

Brutal it may be, but with these catchy guitar lines and tasty synths, this song is one for the history books. The way the melody flows makes it a truly epic piece.

Kick ass metal from Finland, Children of Bodom have been described as “power metal with harsh vocals” (in the period this song is from). But I think this song is “melodic death metal with keyboards”. Like a wise man said: trying to peg music to genres is like trying to dance architecture.

The lyrics are good and the video is pretty nice too!

“The faint blaze of the candle of my life,
Slowly dying like a fire in a pouring rain.
No sparks of hope inside,
No shooting stars on my sky.
On broken wings, no flying high

Another night, another demise,
Cadaverous wind blowing cold as ice
I’ll let the wind blow out the light
Cause its gets more painful every time I die.

Out of strength to fight.
I cannot take another night.
I cannot take it no more.
Lust of light slips through my fingers
like blood on my arms.
Black candle wax has buried me”

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtPDm2kaj1c^

For Spotify Users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/5ey5UuZfhmeUV8iOQKXihS^

For Deezer Users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/645364762^

And here’s the Discogs entry for whoever wants to buy this album:

https://www.discogs.com/Children-Of-Bodom-Follow-The-Reaper/master/4355^

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Ishq – Bhakti

July 10, 2019 Axonn Echysttas Leave a comment

You’ve just landed on planet chill. Welcome. Now close your eyes.

This is as much a song as it is an experience. Of course, everything we live is an experience. But there is a range of intensity to every experience, and a range of senses to be involved in it. This piece shows music at its best as an experience enhancer.

Let your eardrums be massaged by soft percussion as your consciousness floats on gentle winds of sound.

https://ishq.bandcamp.com/track/bhakti^

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByW7yuLBXYw^

For Spotify Users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/2fvad0h6zooi0XDoNEJr3R^

For Deezer Users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/12191450^

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Devin Townsend – Deadhead

July 7, 2019 Axonn Echysttas Leave a comment

Beautiful composition (read: “evolution”) and guitar work by one of progressive metal’s most prolific creative geniuses. It’s a song that flows like water but is hot as fire. It’s too fast to be lava, but like lava, once it gets in your ear, you’ll have trouble getting it out.

“Cause it’s all in the heat of the moment
It’s all in the pain!
So give in to the heat of the moment
Give in to the pain!”

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrxmrS9FIzc^

For Spotify Users (high quality):

http://open.spotify.com/track/3CQNe6pyXgbfd2BSa42NIC^

For Deezer Users (high quality):

http://www.deezer.com/track/108659230^

And here’s the Discogs entry for whoever wants to buy this album:

https://www.discogs.com/The-Devin-Townsend-Band-Accelerated-Evolution/master/179331^

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Scratch Massive – Waiting For A Sign (feat. Koudlam)

July 3, 2019 Axonn Echysttas Leave a comment

Floating down from some dark mist comes a strange creation, one of those sound creatures that is almost impossible to peg to a certain genre. Sure, there’s quite a bit of electronica here – some from the big beat subgenre and some from the dark ambient subgenre. But then there’s that tribal wraith voice too.

So what it is then? It’s a damn good and ominous serving of menacing atmospheric bass with a side-dish of evocative filter-twisted singing.

YouTube (good quality, WARNING: dark, violent video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ52WfZfa5I^

For Spotify Users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/4sbn9wr97pJKTR7hyxTWhf^

For Deezer Users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/13854487^

And here’s the Discogs entry for whoever wants to buy this album:

https://www.discogs.com/Scratch-Massive-Nuit-De-Rêve/release/11310520^

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Because being informed is just not enough anymore…