Triptykon - Melana Chasmata - review
Triptykon - Melana Chasmata - review
Tracklist
01. Tree Of Suffocating Souls02. Boleskine House
03. Altar Of Deceit
04. Breathing
05. Into Despair [Japanese bonus]
06. Aurorae
07. Demon Pact
08. In The Sleep Of Death
09. Black Snow
10. Waiting
A review by
Auntie Sahar April 20, 2014
With Triptykon's sophomore album, Fischer and company offer up a worthy concoction of variety, that once again refuses to be pigeonholed into any one definite style, and is quite comfortable with exploring the possibilities that lie within the "deep chasms" of its title. Opener "Tree Of Suffocating Souls" harks back to the aggressive, thrashy style of "Goetia" from the debut, while other tracks like "Altar Of Deceit" lay smothered in the chugging, doomy crunch that's also come to be a signature of Fischer's style. The gothic elements, though not prevalent, are also retained from the band's debut, creeping in at just the right moments to show yet another facet of the music's dark, harrowing personality.
Coming with the diversity of sound is a likewise alternation in vocal delivery, that completes the whole of the album and helps greatly to reduce the staleness factor. Whether it's Fischer's trademark snarls, his more relaxed, sorrowful style like on "Aurorae," or even the beautiful backups from bassist Vanja Slajh, the vocals always seem to fit the music, with an excellent pacing of technique that doesn't really keep you waiting too long for either method to appear.
If Thomas Fischer still has anything to prove of himself as a musician, Melana Chasmata appears to do it, and clears up many doubts about his new project. Though it can get a bit monotonous towards the end, with "Black Snow" feeling like an attempt at re-creating "The Prolonging," and closer "Waiting" striking me as though it should've been combined somehow with "Aurorae," for the most part Triptykon's sophomore effort secures the position of the band as potent and commendable within the current scene. And, at least in the case of Fischer, is shows us that once again, just because you're older, it doesn't mean you can't still be a badass.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 8 |
Written by Auntie Sahar | April 20, 2014
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I pretty much agree with you except id score it a bit lower. A good album by all means, just not exactly my favorite of the style
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I totally agree with the review and the rating. I was a little disappointed by their debut, but this one has a good atmosphere.
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Posts: 5989 Written by Schnabeltier 24 on 20.04.2014 at 23:51 Agreed, I prefer the atmosphere of this one as well. More enveloping
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This albums deserves a 10. pure apocalyptic doom metal album recorded in the depths of hell. 
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Posts: 1116 Written by [user id=101272] on 20.04.2014 at 18:34 Much more than it deserved in my opinion. Feels to simple, I don't remember the debut being this repetitive, but I think I like that one better than this one. Not to say that the tracks sounded too samey to me.
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It's a great album but I preferred the first one which was more like the glorious "Monotheist". I wish this one had less gothic touches and more of the crushing Celtic Frost thrash/black/death sound.
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Posts: 5989 Written by Sand on 21.04.2014 at 14:06 Having now met him in person, I can certainly say it can apply to him as well 
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Posts: 5989 Written by Warman on 21.04.2014 at 12:50 The debut had many such moments as well, if not to the same degree as this one then pretty close around
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Low rating. I would put it beyond 9. This one is much more tight than their debut.
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Posts: 7695 Written by Auntie Sahar on 21.04.2014 at 14:13 Absolutely, but I felt this one had a bit more gothic sound. Or maybe just an overall "slower" sound, I thought the debut had more of those fast Tom-Warrior-in-your-face-riffs.
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Posts: 5989 Written by Warman on 21.04.2014 at 14:35 It was definitely faster, yes
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Don't want to burst your bubble regarding Vanja but... Vanja barely gave some backing vocals on the last track. All the other female vocals are done by Simone (who also did the female vocals on the previous album and if memory serves me, on Monotheist as well). 
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Posts: 5989 Written by X-Ray Rod on 13.05.2014 at 22:34 Guest vocalist, I'm assuming?
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Yes. Simone Vollenweider is the name.
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