Diadema Tristis - Ways Of Relief review
| Band: | Diadema Tristis |
| Album: | Ways Of Relief |
| Style: | Folk metal |
| Release date: | May 01, 2005 |
| A review by: | Undercraft |
01. The Woods Remain Sad
02. Howls Are My Lovesongs
03. A Lost Heart In Fog
04. Snowfall Of Tears
05. Speech Of The Trees
06. Skies In Sorrow
07. Hollow Ground
08. Dea Tristitia
09. Myth From The Ruins
10. Desert
11. Hidden Mourning Thoughts
12. In Poema Memoralis
Andean Folk, from Argentina to the world
Since Folk Metal became popular, almost every country has a Folk Metal band, needles to say, the most popular are the ones from the Nordic countries, and maybe some from Germany (the so called Mittelalter Metal), but honestly, how many Folk Metal bans do you know from South America? And what do you know about the folkloric music from South America? (coincidentally, the place where I live) Well, let me enlighten you.
Diadema Tristis is the side project from Alejandro Medina, lead vocalist and lead guitarist of Ecliptic Sunset, Black Metal outfit from Argentina.
"Ways Of Relief" is the first album from the Argentinean combo and it takes you on a trip that not many albums do, a trip through vast Argentinean plains, filled with melancholy and desolation. Let me add, that this is not a Metal album per sé, since the Cd only contain 3 Metal songs, stylish, raw Black Metal with some clean vocals, but believe me, the Metal part in the album is the less interesting part.
The Andean Folk is quite different from your Nordic Folk, the wind instruments are quite different sounding, more "mystic" if you want to call it that way, and the percussion is not as frequent as you might think. Among the instruments that the band uses you can find Bandoneon, Charango, Toyo, Quena, Sikus among other instruments, that I'm sure many of you haven't heard before.
The best label I came up with would be Acoustic Folk Doom-Black Metal, is a perfect album to relax and just let the time pass while you're traveling through the magic landscapes of the Argentinean plains. Walking through the ruins, watching the llamas stroll, quite a journey this record is.
For people interested in South American folk (in one way or another, all Folkloric music in all South America has common elements), get this record immediately, you'll get 9 songs of melancholy and 3 songs of Metal, quite a deal if you ask me.
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| Uirapuru Liver Failure Posts: 2955  |
wata fuck... i'm the only diadema tristis fan  well... it's notable how the folkloric metal bands (specially with american tribal themes) are very little amazed. Not even who lives in the americas show to have some proud in the roots of these lands... it's a real shame... the european plague takes control of the continent and the culture simply dies.Even if admired.. american fans of folkloric metal prefer bands like Finntroll and korpikklanni (great bands.. but pure european folk) and bands like Aquaria, diadema tristis and other who play the true american metal falls into the obscurity of the unknown. And even great bands like Tuatha de danann should be embarreced for playin celtic metal besides beeing a brazilian band... so many legends, stories and myths of the brazillian culture just waiting to get into the metal scene.. and they prefer to play an not original, played by 100000 bands celtic metal... its nonsense.. Just time can tell how the inumerous other cultures will find their places in the metal scene... its gonna be very difficult.. since all metal bands wants to play about european themes... or even stupid themes live drinking, satanism, christianism, psychology and other shits... just letting the culture of their countrys die (as it dies since the european massacre and invasion).
----  ---- member of the true crusade against old school heavy metal, early 80s thrash, NWOBHM, traditional doom, first and second wave black metal, old school death metal, US power metal, 70s prog rock and atmospheric doomsludgestoner. o/
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