Amanita Virosa
Original Plague
Inverse Records
Original Plague is a melodic death and black metal album from Finland. Both these genres go simultaneously in music of Amanita Virosa as one, inseparable whole. Music is often thrown into dark atmosphere by the guitarists and keyboardist. The keyboards play important role in this album. There are some piano imitated passages that share grief and melancholy. Sometimes they sound like an early Cradle Of Filth and you could get goosebumps on your skin when hearing some spooky and bizarre moments in this album. The songs have a hidden heavy metal potential expressed in melodic guitar solos and fast guitar shreds. Here and there, Amanita Virosa does some bombastic orchestral arrangements like Dimmu Borgir but a sound potential is not as huge as Norwegians, even though, the album sounds pretty decent. The band also found a space in songs to catch some gothic atmosphere for their music with that little vampiric hunger for blood which is initiating by death and black metal sounding guitars playing bitter melodies.
The singer usually sings with growls, but words sound understandable and lyrics are fueled by dark themes. The album does not sounds brutal (arguably some vocals), their songs has more impact on emotions of the listener. Original Plague feels that I listen to the music that is under the cover of night and dark things that it possesses to keep it more interesting. And finally, it`s the album with equally well-written songs.
The singer usually sings with growls, but words sound understandable and lyrics are fueled by dark themes. The album does not sounds brutal (arguably some vocals), their songs has more impact on emotions of the listener. Original Plague feels that I listen to the music that is under the cover of night and dark things that it possesses to keep it more interesting. And finally, it`s the album with equally well-written songs.
Tracklist:
1 Prelude
2 I Walk Away
3 My Enemy
4 Despair Is For The Living
5 Weak, Strong & Wise
6 Open Your Mouth
7 Armias, Ole Huorani
8 This Night
9 Hatred Becomes Entwined
10 Longing
1 Prelude
2 I Walk Away
3 My Enemy
4 Despair Is For The Living
5 Weak, Strong & Wise
6 Open Your Mouth
7 Armias, Ole Huorani
8 This Night
9 Hatred Becomes Entwined
10 Longing
Review by Slawek Migacz
Added: 25.11.2019
Added: 25.11.2019