Hi, guys..
Today we will talk about holland death metal. There are so many brutal death metal band on Holland. Absolutely, Disavowed was one of them. This album was quite brutal and also technical too. Yes, Stagnated Existence. As I quoted from Erebus_Unleashed on metal-archives.com - Hearing what they have to offer, I'm impressed with their emphasis on lyrical content, forcing the listener to actually think about the band's message devoid of what the song sounds like; an idea that I can get behind, to some extent. A good example of their lyrical content would have to be in 'Collateral Causality', the subject of which is the notion of multiple streams of thought. Other than that, they fall somewhat short on that 'revolutionize the genre' scale.
The songs are indeed traditional to technical death metal, being quite intricate; but what they flaunt with their lyrics, they lack(I'm sad to say) in their attempt to separate themselves from the pack. There are a couple songs on this album that do seem to allow the band some semblance of individuality, but not enough to say that they 'started a wave' within the genre.
The songs are indeed traditional to technical death metal, being quite intricate; but what they flaunt with their lyrics, they lack(I'm sad to say) in their attempt to separate themselves from the pack. There are a couple songs on this album that do seem to allow the band some semblance of individuality, but not enough to say that they 'started a wave' within the genre.
To be brief, this is an album more for people who want to START listening to modern technical death metal, but will still get veteran metalheads' attention. The non-gory, thought-provoking lyrical content might not sit well with some metalheads; but it sure does with me. The subject of opinion on this album boils down to one thing: are you a thinker.
Beside that, Systemunfolded on sputnikmusic.com also gave review about that. Stagnated Existence shows the equation for a simplistic, and album revolving mainly around the technicality, and brutality that you can expect to find as soon as you open the small pages to the bands' discography. Although this albums' primary objective is to mash the elements together, and still appear to have an intelligible design, and even have some catchiness to it, I would have to argue that instead, this album primarily comes off as the epitome of obscure influence from more well-known brutal death bands, as stated earlier. Differentiating from its predecessor, Stagnated Existence will take you on a journey not towards Origin, or Suffocation, but to more sharp sounding bands such as Aborted, or Dying Fetus, either way you go, this album has brutality at every corner, practically a copy/paste effect from our favorites, something not most smaller bands can do well.
On note of the bands look to more technical grounds, a huge portion of this album you'll find takes most of its catchiness from sharp snare drums, and an audible bass. Rather than attacking with raging solos in every song, several small interludes of incredibly fast drum and bass sections are included to every song, while the vocalist continues on through this with incredibly low-key growling. Though many bands do this today, Disavowed display how capable they are of creating and bending these traits at will. Coming in as a short production, this mere 33 minute album has catchiness at every corner, it just never gets boring, thus, the albums' greatest triumph.
Tracklist
- Biased Existence
- Treason
- Collateral Casualty
- Restricted Conception
- The Infinite Multiplicity
- The Eternal Validity
- Divided by Condemn
- Stagnated
- Dogmatic Conceit
- The Veils of Misconception
If you like it, please buy it on their official website/album
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