{"id":158,"date":"2003-08-29T15:18:36","date_gmt":"2003-08-29T22:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ryanspeck.com\/blog\/?p=158"},"modified":"2023-06-24T00:58:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T07:58:21","slug":"thyrane-hypnotic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ryanspeck.com\/blog\/thyrane-hypnotic\/","title":{"rendered":"Thyrane – “Hypnotic”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thyrane<\/span><\/h4>\n

Hypnotic<\/em>
\n(Century Media)<\/p>\n

Scandinavia has been well-known for a few things over the years, mainly cold weather, Abba, and a penchant for dreary, long-haired metal bands that take much of their inspiration from Tolkien\u2019s writing. In this particular case, we\u2019re talking about just such a metal band\u2026 But this one is a slight modification on the usual black metal that comes out of said region.<\/p>\n

This is metal, all right, no bones about that, but this is metal that owns a sequencer. No, not like Misery Loves Co. or Godflesh or something from the old days of Earache. I would gladly take some old school Drown-type material. No, sir, this is your old-fashioned, beat-you-over-the-head, guitar-harmonics, trite-lyrics, clich\u00e9d-growling-vocals metal. But, thankfully, blessedly free of orcs.<\/p>\n

Now, one might be the type to enjoy such a thing and, if you do, more power to you. But this isn\u2019t very good. One might take exception at the idea of mocking the English-as-a-second-language abilities of Scandinavians trying to do their best to entertain, but I think they\u2019re trying to reach a bit above their station in the musical scheme\u2026<\/p>\n

For example, their severely overwrought and humorous song \u201cOf Suns And Flames\u201d begins with the line \u201cThe black sheep of cosmology, awake!\u201d I shit you not. It\u2019s right there in black and white in the liner notes. Don\u2019t believe me yet? \u201cWhen synthetic gallows takes control\/murder of my mind is one of a kind\/believe in the words of darkness\/life is soon to be out of vogue here.\u201d Yep. That passes for a chorus in the Norse portion of the globe.<\/p>\n

As for the music, well, the first track (entitled \u201cHuman Weed\u201d) wasn\u2019t that bad. I said to myself: \u201cSelf, you don\u2019t like metal, but this isn\u2019t awful and the programming isn\u2019t horrendous. Our ears have yet to bleed. \u201d That was before I sat through such aptly-titled ditties as \u201cGlamorama Demystified\u201d, \u201cPhantasmal Paranoia\u201d, and \u201cHeretic Hunt\u201d, all continuing along the same theme and style to point to self-parody and clich\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Later, I offered myself an apology after the CD had continued along the same line for the better part of an hour. \u201cSelf,\u201d I said. \u201cYou did your best; you didn\u2019t know that you were going to be listening to a highly repetitive metal album, lacking hooks, interesting structure, vocal range, or any sign of diversification from the main body of the tired-ass, living-in-the-80\u2019s metal genre.\u201d I\u2019m still not sure if I\u2019m going to accept my apology.<\/p>\n

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from IndustrialnatioN Magazine #19<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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