Marionette - Spite - review
Marionette - Spite - review
Tracklist
01. Parasite02. Legion
03. Release
04. Flies
05. Closed Doors
06. Burn Me
07. In Spite
08. To Make Men
09. Dead Boys And Girls
10. This Pain That We Refuse
11. Black Hand
12. This Is The End
A review by
jupitreas May 09, 2008
The reason is simple - the music on this album is ridiculously good. The band might dwell in currently overused song structures; however, everything they do sounds appropriate and interesting. For once, breakdowns don't bog down the songs, clean vocals aren't cringe-inducing and genre conventions aren't broken just for the heck of it. Brutality and aggression aren't contrived, with the band nailing the energy of the early Gothenburg scene extremely well. The riffs are memorable as hell, the vocals are powerful and the compositions feature plenty of unpredictable twists. On top of all this, Marionette is also outspokenly inspired by the visual-kei movement (this, and not emo is the source of their feminine looks) and the innovative leads present in music of the greatest representatives of that scene (X-Japan, Dir En Grey, Malice Mizer etc) also appear on Spite. This gives Marionette's music a decidedly unique quality that I have not yet heard so far in the genre. The lead guitars augmenting tracks like "This Is The End" or "Flies" must be heard to be believed. Possessing the same level of finesse and skill as melodic guitars commonly heard in heavy or power metal, they nevertheless manage to avoid the overindulgence of those genres entirely, making them enjoyable even to people who favour a more visceral and less pompous approach to guitar playing.
In their genre Marionette are easily one of the most interesting bands I have heard so far; however, it is unlikely that people who can't stand metalcore will enjoy them, even if they really should make themselves try. This album is chock-full of aggression, features some of the most memorable melodic guitar lines so far this year and hey, they even dress like girls!!! Jokes aside, Spite is well worth hearing.
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everything about this band screams sexually confused, but i'm intrigued enough to give it a try. we shall see...
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At first I read 'Sprite'... I actually played a gig in a competition with those guys! I had no idea that they had a record deal - congrats to them! 
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good review the only song that is memorable from this is 'burn me' because it is catchy. the rest is forgettable and average
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Bloody fantastic album. thanks for the review
---- loves 小巫
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