This was first EP of Fleshgod Apocalypse's album.
As I quoted from nocleansinging.com - La Cosa Nostra is certainly not the typical subject matter of extreme metal songs, and we have more to say about the concept behind this album and the small and large ways in which that concept works its way through the music.
But to cut to the chase about the music, Mafia will explode your head. If you liked this band’s debut album, Oracles, you will be mighty pleased by the new one. And if you haven’t yet checked out Fleshgod Apocalypse, don’t put it off any longer. They’re putting out music that’s not quite like anything else you’ve heard. (more after the jump, including our favorite track from Mafia.
Let’s face it: No matter how technically expert or brutally propulsive a piece of blowtorch death metal may be, and no matter how much of a kick you get out of listening to that kind of supercharged music, you probably won’t remember any individual song an hour later, or even recognize a song the next time you hear it, unless it has a distinctive groove, a memorable melodic undercurrent, or some other element that’s outside the normal boundaries of the genre.
Forgetting is not something you will do after hearing Mafia. Leaving aside the instrumental title track, which we’ll come back to, all the songs are fast as lightning and blazing with power, but they’re also embedded with infectious rhythmic hooks and memorable bursts of vocal and guitar melody.
The album contains only five songs — which is few enough that we think we can get away with the kind of song-by-song review that usually bores us shitless when we read them. But I guess you’ll be the judge of that. Be gentle.
But to cut to the chase about the music, Mafia will explode your head. If you liked this band’s debut album, Oracles, you will be mighty pleased by the new one. And if you haven’t yet checked out Fleshgod Apocalypse, don’t put it off any longer. They’re putting out music that’s not quite like anything else you’ve heard. (more after the jump, including our favorite track from Mafia.
Let’s face it: No matter how technically expert or brutally propulsive a piece of blowtorch death metal may be, and no matter how much of a kick you get out of listening to that kind of supercharged music, you probably won’t remember any individual song an hour later, or even recognize a song the next time you hear it, unless it has a distinctive groove, a memorable melodic undercurrent, or some other element that’s outside the normal boundaries of the genre.
Forgetting is not something you will do after hearing Mafia. Leaving aside the instrumental title track, which we’ll come back to, all the songs are fast as lightning and blazing with power, but they’re also embedded with infectious rhythmic hooks and memorable bursts of vocal and guitar melody.
The album contains only five songs — which is few enough that we think we can get away with the kind of song-by-song review that usually bores us shitless when we read them. But I guess you’ll be the judge of that. Be gentle.
Tracklist
- Thru of Scars
- Abyssal
- Conspiracy of Silence
- Blinded by Fear (At the Gates cover)
- Mafia
If you like it, please buy it on their official website/merchandise.
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Mafia (EP) (2010)
Reference:
Islander, Fleshgod Apocalypse: Mafia, www.nocleansinging.com
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Mafia (EP) (2010)
Reference:
Islander, Fleshgod Apocalypse: Mafia, www.nocleansinging.com
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