Madder Mortem
GOTHIC METAL GODS (Oslo, Norway)
Deadlands
Featuring World-Class Vocalist
Agnete M. Kirkevaag
October 21st, 2002
Century Media
77420-2
US PRESSING
The End Records
February 17th, 2003
TE033
TOP 10 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 2002
TOP 10 ALTERNATIVE ALBUMS OF 2002
TOP 10 GOTHIC METAL ALBUMS OF 2002
TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME
TOP 100 ALTERNATIVE METAL ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME
TOP 100 GOTHIC METAL ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME
KICK ASS METAL HEAVY METAL HALL OF FAME ALBUM
KICK ASS METAL RATING
100 OUT OF 100 BLOOD DRIPPING SKULLS — FUCKING ESSENTIAL
There are a few major GOLDEN AGES OF HEAVY METAL, the first one being the Golden Age of Heavy Metal which was from August 1st, 1981 to October 31st, 1986, for Traditional Metal/ Power Metal/ Thrash Metal and Glam Metal also was a genius heavy metal genre during this era.
The Golden Age of Death Metal because of the collapse of thrash metal and all the bands selling out, first in 1985, then 1987, from a phenomena, called the “Slow Down Syndrome”, where thrash metal artist were writing thrash metal albums for heavy metal fans, who hated the style in the first place…. and if those bands survived that they did not survive the collapse of the actual genre by October 31st, 1991, when all the clubs closed down, and Metallica “Metallica”, which we have listed as a hair metal hall of fame album in this publication, a album which had more in common with Motley Crue, W.A.S.P, and the MTV power ballad armada, a couple of grab your lighter in the air songs are on Metallica “Metallica” then there roots of Satan, Mercyful Fate, Motorhead, Jaguar, Holocaust….the Death Metal age started in June 24th, 1990 with the album Deicide “Deicide” on RoadraceR Records and for almost 30 years been the genre with the most sincerity and the genre with the most bands, who have the original savage factor from the debut albums. Does heavy metal publications even cover thrash metal any more as a genre, washed like the NWOBHM genre which has been dead since August 1st, 1983 with its last classic album being released in March 1oth, 1986 Deep Switch “Nine Inches of God”
The Golden Age of Avant-Garde Metal is from July 27th, 2004 to July 27th, 2014 to December 22nd, 2015 ….where this genre had its own webZine and all the bands were a million miles ahead of the other bands in the heavy metal genre as well as the other 1,300 music genres around, these days.
The Golden Age of Gothic Metal was from January 1st 1993 to July 27th, 2004, in other words the first TRUE NORWEGIAN GOTHIC METAL bands releasing demos to Cradle of Filth “Damnation and a Day” .
This album is being featured because of it being a top 10 and top 100 album in 3 to 4 different categories. For those new to heavy metal and not around, as a true fan, and a concert-goer in 2002 this is the year
TOP 10 2002 Heavy Metal albums list looked like this alphabetical order
Arcturus “The Sham Mirrors”
Atrox “Terrestrials”
Immortal “Sons of Nothern Darkness”
Madder Mortem “Deadlands”
Nighwish “Century Child”
Opeth “Delieverance”
Ram-Zet “Escape”
Red Harvest “Sick Transit Gloria Mundi”
Satyricon “Volcano”
Usurper “Twillight Dominion”
Since this album Madder Mortem has had the 3 albums appear on our top 10’s and top 100 albums for each year with each of those albums being KICK ASS METAL HEAVY METAL HALL OF FAME ALBUMS!!!
Deadlands — October 21st, 2001
Desiderata — March 27th, 2006
Eight Ways — May 11th, 2009
Red in Tooth and Claw — October 28th, 2016
Since the band founded in 1997 and today’s news date is September 6th, 2017 — 20 years GOING ON
30 YEARS OF THE GREATEST HEAVY METAL BAND OF ALL-TIME…..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So the heavy metal bible aka the KICK ASS METAL PAGES, does need a Madder Mortem Chapter, no fucking doubt about that!!!!
One of the reason these pages exist, in the event you are new to heavy metal, alwasy start with bands THAT NEVER SOLD-OUT…..!!! and if you lose everything in a fire, or a natural disaster a act of god!!! and you lose your recrod collection and your record collectors list….these pages will refresh your memory of the top 100 heavy metal bands of all-time….
As a Death Metal-age, Gothic Metal-age, Avant-Garde Metal-age Publication….we were not even the first one, the publication this webZine is modeled after was called Ill-Literature then the next one, as a successor to that publication is Avant-Garde Metal webZine and print editions, and our other most obvious influences are Sonic Cathderal and Metal Maidens webZine….!!! And from there i read the best specialized press in each sub-genre !!!!
Madder Mortem has 4 albums in top 100’s in various heavy metal genres….not bad huh? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Below is a CD review on the GODLY Avant-Garde Metal webzine and covers the album Madder Mortem “Eight Ways” of course is a top 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUM OF ALL-TIME ALSO
I would never have thought that, of all things, such an incredible album like MADDER MORTEM’s latest work “Eight Ways” would cause such problems when writing a review! For instance there is a certain fear creeping in my head, ever since I started thinking about how to put my impressions into words – the fear of losing the magic of this album. On one hand this surely has to be expected for music of this gauge (in other words: I should have known before), on the other hand this probably is the “curse” of being a writer for a magazine (in other words: I should have known before)…
The second problem is: Where do I start to describe the fifth album of these five Norsemen round the siblings Agnete and BP M. Kirkevaag? I already mentioned that “Eight Ways” has become an outstanding album – but where exactly do I dive deeper into MADDER MORTEM’s world? I believe that some focused glimpse on certain details couldn’t do the album any justice; hence it is very hard for me to swoop down on particular instruments or songs.
For all those who are familiar with the last releases of MADDER MORTEM, it should be pointed out that the course they adopted with “Desiderata” has been pursued and intensified, “Eight Ways” sounds in every way deeper, more mature and more touching than its predecessor. All other readers should continue now, in order to get an impression of the offered music without knowing the back catalogue.
So let me start with the impression as a whole, before I try to enlighten particular aspects of “Eight Ways”: MADDER MORTEM know exactly what they do. Every riff, every break, every single tune is exactly in the right place, it is unbelievable. What does “right” mean here? – “Eight Ways” carries me off emotionally to such an extent music hasn’t been able to for a rather long time (I would even dare speak of years), THAT means “right”! The songs are traversed by melancholy, sadness, anger, despair and many blends, so massively and authentically that listening to the album continually gives me the creeps or brings tears to my eyes. I am dead serious about that.
A huge share in that – and by this we are at the start of a more detailed description – has singer Agnete whose voice is absolutely unique. Whoever thinks of Tarja Turunen or Liv Kristine when hearing the term “Gothic Metal” and expects something similar from MADDER MORTEM, has already lost the game. This is about emotions and not about trivial trilling as contrast to a Metal background. It’s about emotions Agnete transports in an impressive way – I don’t know anyone who is able to sound such desperate, to put so much anger into her voice and, in addition, is able to mix up several emotions seam- and apparently effortlessly. From a technical point of view she’s on a high level as well; not only the vocal lines deserve the attribute “unusual”, her range, both with head and chest voice, is sheer madness.
Agnete’s voice is surely anything but contrast, it perfectly blends into the instrumental context, just as if it was an additional instrument which completes the picture. And, just as in paintings every color is important for the whole picture, the guitars, the bass and the drums are in no way some kind of backing. The guitars, audibly seven-string guitars, move in a huge scope – fat, thrashy riffs appear as well as bluesy insertions, acoustic passages meet almost Black Metal-like leads, here and there some kind of tango (“Get That Monster Out Of Here”) or a Metal soundtrack to a Tim Burton-movie (“The Flesh The Blood The Man”). The golden thread is always visible though. Same goes for the very well audible bass and the impulsive drums. It is noticeable that MADDER MORTEM work as a band, that every member follows the same vision on “Eight Ways”. This vision is also conveyed by the transparent, yet very fat production which illuminates every detail and thus provides every song with the perfect sound.
And here comes the third problem which I stumbled upon while writing this review: How can I describe “Eight Ways” to my readers in a suitable way, how can I make my favorite for the “album of the year”-award palatable to him or her? If you, dear reader, have sat through until here and got a rough imagination of what “Eight Ways” caused in me, I already have solved this problem
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