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Karelia - The Usual Tragedy



8.1 | 18 votes |
Release date: 2003
Style: Gothic metal, Symphonic power metal

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01. Intro
02. Letter For An Angel
03. Torn Dress
04. Usual Tragedy
05. The Deserter
06. Blind
07. Called Up
08. Daddy's Grave
09. My Guilty Absence
10. Slave Of Time

Additional info
Released as DRAKKAR 057
Bertrand Maillot - Keyboards
Erwan Morice - Guitar
Loic Jenn - Drums
Matthieu Kleiber - Lead & Backing Vocals
Chris Savourey - Guitar

"Usual Tragedy" is a concept album : 10 tracks telling every stage of a man's life. A man who crossed both wars. The first took off his father from his scary child eyes. As a soldier during the second one, he went over to his enemy, with the hope to rejoin his beloved. But she already was just a sweet memory under his muddy helmet. Burying under the moonlight her corpse stained by human vice, he found in madness the only one shelter. Violence and rage alleviate his never-ending pain. Then, a cold hospital room became his unique and gloomy scenery. Seasons passed beyond the bars of his window until the morning he found this providential death which was too long to come by itself.
Unlamented: no one to cry or even remember that he has ever existed...
Neither a Shakespeare drama, nor a doleful opera just a "Usual Tragedy". The story of thousands of man in years gone by, or nowadays. A slow descent into hell with some ephemeral moments of joy. So is KARELIA's music: some signs of hope lost in dark and sorrowful tunes.

Staff review by
Undercraft
Rating:
9.0
This was an unforeseen surprise, I was initially attracted by the gorgeous cover art of the album, but I didn't expected to encounter such a masterpiece hidden within this fantastic DigiPak.
The band name is quite unusual, so a little research on the web revealed this: Karelia is the land of the Karelian people inhabitated vast areas in Norther Europe, of historical significance for Finland, Russia, and Sweden. Interesting.

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published 03.05.2005 | Comments (0)

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