ACÉDIA – Fracture
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Progressive black metal has been a thing for quite a few years now, but I have rarely come across a band like Acédia from Québec in Canada. The three-piece has been founded in 2011, and since then have released three longplayers. Fracture comes seven years after its predecessor, the reason probably being the COVID19 pandemic that put its brakes on many artists these last two years. At forty minutes, Fracture is Acédia’s shortest album to date, although it contains six songs that, apart from the shorter title track, all run between six and eight minutes. When I write progressive black metal, don’t expect anything symphonic or full of pathos. And yet Acédia are inspired by modern classical music, and listening to their intricately woven tapestries of sound, you’ll notice that a lot of effort went into the compositional part of the music. Their record label talk about tonal and contrapuntal music, also about the influence of 21st century composers, and although the songs never sound tame, they all come with an avantgarde touch that transforms their songs into mostly highspeed affairs full of conflicting guitar riffing, and über-busy bass guitar, which is quite unusual for the genre, and fierce drumming that makes sure that this steamroller will roll all over you without mercy. Even the occasional midtempo parts don’t really give you a break. It's useless to pick out any single track if you are looking for highlights because Acédia are acting constantly on a very high level. And even though I sometimes lament the shortness of certain album, I believe that Fracture has just the right running time, as the band is performing more individual notes on one of their songs that some bands can put into an entire album. Some band members have close ties to Krallice, and maybe that can give you a certain indication about what to expect from Acédia. Granted, the three Canadians sound maybe a little less experimental, and somewhat more metal, but if you like your black metal progressive and full of unexpected twists and turns, Fracture might be the ideal soundtrack for your ears. |
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6 songs |
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40:06 minutes |
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***** *** |
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Genre: progressive black metal Label: Les Acteurs de l'Ombre |
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