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Schammasch - Contradiction



8.1 | 113 votes |
Release date: 22 April 2014
Style: Black metal, Death metal

Owners:

79 have it
9 want it
1 trades it


Disc I
01. Contradiction
02. Split My Tongue
03. Provoking Spiritual Collapse
04. Until Our Poison Devours Us
05. Crown

Disc II
01. The Inner Word
02. Serpent Silence
03. Golden Light
04. JHWH

Additional info
Recorded at Woodshed Studio, Germany in February 2013.
Additional recordings at Sanktum Studio, Switzerland in 2012 and 2013.

Staff review by
Ilham
Rating:
8.9
Extreme metal Easter eggs hunt. Can you find them all?

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published 06.12.2014 | Comments (38)

Here's one of the few albums from this year that's actually deserving of all the hype it's been getting. The sophomore effort from this Swiss foursome is amazingly detailed and incredibly varied in its songwriting. At times takes a slow and trancelike black metal approach, with surprisingly beautiful solos to accompany. At others, pounds you into dust with a furious death metal crunch, and at other moments still is extremely relaxing in its attention to melody and atmosphere. A powerful blend of personalities, and a worthy addition to any extreme metal fan's musical library.

Perhaps one could say the diversities are... a contradiction?

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26.11.2014 - 07:05
Rating: 10
mz
Written by Guest on 26.11.2014 at 02:03

Written by Karlabos on 25.11.2014 at 23:16

Such hype =P

Much boring.

Much wrong.
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30.11.2014 - 20:43
Alex F
Slick Dick Rick
I really want to like this, but it just bores me immensely. It's a shame given all the enjoyment people are getting out of it, but it's not my cup of tea for some reason.
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03.12.2014 - 15:42
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Guest on 03.12.2014 at 15:40

If there was a universe populated by nothing but conjoined twins i'd hope to have your british butt stuck onto mine since 90% of the time you express exactly how I feel about the music. Even the name drops (Emptiness, DsO, Spectral Lore) were what sprung to mind for me too. Also from a nationalistic point of view the queen would approve of this combination. /ass kissing.

that's an amazing set of images you've conjured up there. I wonder how pooping would work...

I'm glad this is starting to get some attention now before the end of the year. Has been out for ages and it almost slipped through the MS net.
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03.12.2014 - 20:39
Rating: 9
Ilham
Giant robot
Written by Guest on 03.12.2014 at 15:42

Has been out for ages and it almost slipped through the MS net.

Review coming soon.
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03.12.2014 - 20:40
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Ilham on 03.12.2014 at 20:39

Review coming soon.

I'm expecting pictures and internet humourz.
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03.12.2014 - 20:43
Rating: 9
Ilham
Giant robot
Written by Guest on 03.12.2014 at 20:40

I'm expecting pictures and internet humourz.

Who am I to disappoint my audience. Everything I do, I do it for you *sings*.
And from now on, I 'll use this quote as an excuse for every meme I put in my reviews.
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04.12.2014 - 23:53
Rating: 10
Diverge
The hype is real.
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06.12.2014 - 23:08
Rating: 9
LeKiwi
High Fist Prog
Two tracks in and I'm thoroughly impressed. Coming from a primarily prog metal fan, that's saying something. Crushing riffs fed through meticulous songwriting.
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07.12.2014 - 01:24
Lit.
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K, I must've done something wrong the first time when I tried this, cause I'm in my second attempt right now and it's blowing my mind so hard I can't even focus on reading about Leonardo da Vinci.
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07.12.2014 - 01:33
Rating: 10
mz
Written by Guest on 07.12.2014 at 01:24

K, I must've done something wrong the first time when I tried this, cause I'm in my second attempt right now and it's blowing my mind so hard I can't even focus on reading about Leonardo da Vinci.


so, this is going to be your Bolzer #2?
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07.12.2014 - 01:39
Lit.
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Written by mz on 07.12.2014 at 01:33

so, this is going to be your Bolzer #2?

Bolzer took me like five tries to get into. This is only my second attempt, as said.

But, yeah, more or less.
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07.12.2014 - 02:00
Rating: 9
Ilham
Giant robot
If my review did that, I'm a very very very proud mama .
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07.12.2014 - 05:55
Jaeryd
Nihil's Maw
All I can say is wow. Just... wow.
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09.12.2014 - 01:40
tibosax
Now first in 2014's top 20.

*Waits for vote abusers*
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09.12.2014 - 01:42
Rating: 10
mz
Karl is a Ne Obliviscaris fan as far as I know. That explains why he has given 6 to this.
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09.12.2014 - 02:12
Jaeryd
Nihil's Maw
Wow, this got up to the top of 2014 fast. Now we wait for all the double-accounts to give this a 1 out of 10.
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09.12.2014 - 14:37
lenirI
This is impressive ! 8.5 from me
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10.12.2014 - 09:20
lenirI
Written by Alex F on 30.11.2014 at 20:43

I really want to like this, but it just bores me immensely. It's a shame given all the enjoyment people are getting out of it, but it's not my cup of tea for some reason.


you must have a special state in order to listen to this album else you'll give a bad/false rate just like you did; 6 is not a real value for this album...you need to reconsider, to have more patiece analyzying while listening to it.
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10.12.2014 - 11:39
Rating: 10
mz
^ LOL
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10.12.2014 - 13:25
Zap
Guest
Yeah, the reason why people don't like the exact same thing as you is because they don't pay as much attention to those things as you do.
Definitely not because everyone has different tastes. Can you imagine? That would be ridiculous, haha.
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10.12.2014 - 15:57
Lit.
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Can you imagine a world where everyone has the same taste in music?

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10.12.2014 - 16:29
Alex F
Slick Dick Rick
Written by lenirI on 10.12.2014 at 09:20

you must have a special state in order to listen to this album else you'll give a bad/false rate just like you did; 6 is not a real value for this album...you need to reconsider, to have more patiece analyzying while listening to it.

I've actually listened to this album five times, so even if you think judging an album based one listen is invalid, you're being idiotic. I'm sorry we don't have exactly the same taste in music, but using the "oh you just don't get it" card to justify why someone might not enjoy an album you love is purely moronic. Sorry if this came across as rude, but one of my pet-peeves is when someone tries to claim that an opinion is invalid. My 6 is a real "value for this album", and really isn't a very bad rating for an album to get.
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10.12.2014 - 20:12
!J.O.O.E.!
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Some excellent tactical voting from jhva, there. Thanks, dickhead
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10.12.2014 - 20:22
Fearmeister
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Written by Guest on 10.12.2014 at 20:12

Some excellent tactical voting from jhva, there. Thanks, dickhead


Look at his 2014 votes, I think you can peg him for vote abuse
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10.12.2014 - 20:26
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Guest on 10.12.2014 at 20:22

Look at his 2014 votes, I think you can peg him for vote abuse

To anyone it certainly looks like it. Not sure it's egregious enough to get banned for though as he spread out the votes a bit.
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10.12.2014 - 20:32
Fearmeister
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Written by Guest on 10.12.2014 at 20:26

To anyone it certainly looks like it. Not sure it's egregious enough to get banned for though as he spread out the votes a bit.


He is extremely top heavy with a shit ton of 10s and almost nothing in the middle until you get to the 4s. This behavior is only in the 2014 releases and nothing else. It just seems like he's trying to be clever and avoiding the 1s.
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10.12.2014 - 20:50
Vombatus
Potorro
Written by Guest on 10.12.2014 at 20:32

He is extremely top heavy with a shit ton of 10s and almost nothing in the middle until you get to the 4s. This behavior is only in the 2014 releases and nothing else. It just seems like he's trying to be clever and avoiding the 1s.


It's also quite funny how all his votes with 4 or less are from 2014 Maybe he thinks this year had some of the worst metal albums in history ?
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11.12.2014 - 03:24
Soulhole
Already liking this, and I don't typically listen to this genre much because I find it a bit monotonous. Then again, those that don't like melodeath or extreme power would probably say the same about those genres. I like the progressive blackened death title too
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11.12.2014 - 03:26
Fearmeister
Account deleted
Written by Guest on 11.12.2014 at 01:29

Nuke the sinner!


He has been nuked. Duke Nukem's will be done

Amen.
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11.12.2014 - 03:31
Rating: 10
mz
Extreme power tag is definitely a stain on this page
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